Sheriff may call for congressional investigation if DHS keeps stalling.
For the seventh time in seven months, Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio is pressing his demand in letters sent to Secretary of Homeland Security Jeh Johnson that Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) explain why the federal government keeps releasing illegal aliens convicted of crimes back onto the streets of Maricopa County. This time, however, the Sheriff may insist on a congressional investigation if answers and action are not forthcoming.
Figures compiled by the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office show that in July 2014 of the 393 illegal immigrants arrested by local law enforcement in Maricopa County, 139, or 35.3% of the total group, are repeat offenders. This continues the unbroken pattern recorded by the Sheriff’s Office since the start of the year. In fact, adding the totals for 2014 together, of the 3,168 ICE detainers placed on incoming criminal offenders, a stunning 1,149, translating to 36.3% of the whole, were repeat offenders.
Furthermore, the crimes committed by these individuals spanned the range of serious and dangerous offenses, including though not limited to kidnapping, aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, armed robbery, child molestation, sexual abuse, conspiracy, various drug felonies, and more. Some illegal immigrants have been arrested multiple times, some more than a dozen. In point of fact, the 139 repeat offenders in July account for an astonishing 500 separate charges.
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