Statesman Journal
Question: "is ICE actively looking for illegal immigrants?"
Answer: "No. We have big picture priorities."
In an interview with Dale Helman, Supervisory Special Agent for the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement Office of Investigations in Portland, was asked recently by the Statesman Journal about immigration laws in Oregon.
When asked about his function in Oregon, he responded "we work within our agency and with the FBI to run down any information on aliens that might be here and may harm the US -- stopping terrorism before it happens. We follow up on everything, no matter how small. Our priorities are: export control, financial crimes, drugs, child pornography, and human smuggling.
"What we focus on here is when someone breaks a federal law, if they are not a US citizen."
Q: Is ICE actively looking for illegal immigrants?
A: No, we have big picture priorities.
Q: But haven't illegal immigrants broken a federal law?
A: They have technically violated the law, but entry without inspection is an administrative matter. oh I see, this is the same when you call the police for help and they tell you that it is a civil matter and will not respond.
Q.: Do you investigate employers who hire illegal immigrants?
A: Yes, it is in our jurisdiction, but the sheer volume and number of aliens that have to be dealt with precludes the type of investigations. because it's an administration problem?
We do the best we can, but Oregon has made it easy. First, you have agriculture and, Oregon is the only state west of the Mississippi that allows illegal aliens to get driver's license and police are allowed to communicate with federal officials. The state is like a sanctuary.
I was totally shocked when I read this part, "that Oregon is the only state west of the Mississippi that allows drivers license to illegals."
Moreover, the fact that ICE, a Department of Homeland security, will not enforce immigration because it is an "administrative matter
That is going to get the exact results as the DA in the Eugene area listing what crimes that they will not investigate.
The situation will only get worse before it gets better.
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but the sheer volume and number of aliens that have to be dealt with precludes the type of investigations
They let the problem get out of hand so now it's uncontrollable. So why try now? Kind of a self-fullfilling prophecy for the open border lobby.
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