Congress Trying To Close Immigration Loophole
Tuesday, 24 May 2011
BOSTON (FOX 25 / MyFoxBoston.com) - A loophole exposed by FOX Undercover is in the national spotlight today as lawmakers in Washington, DC hold a congressional hearing.
It comes after our investigative team discovered the federal government releasing illegal immigrants with violent criminal records, even though it wants to deport them.
Fox Undercover’s local example of the national problem was front and center at the hearing before the Immigration Subcommittee of the Judiciary Committee.
The subcommittee’s chairman, Rep. Elton Gallegly, cited the example in the Fox Undercover report as he kicked off the hearing.
“Mrs. Hutchinson's son was attacked while walking home from a football game in Suffolk County just outside of Boston,” said Rep. Gallegly.
Gallegly is referring to the murder of 16 year old Ashton Cline-McMurray who was killed by four teenagers in Revere 11 years ago.
Loeun Heng, an illegal immigrant who pleaded guilty to manslaughter, received a 10 to 12 year sentence.
In March 2010, Heng was released into the custody of ICE, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, which planned to deport him to his homeland of Cambodia.
But the federal government eventually let Heng go, saying it had no choice because of a Supreme Court ruling.
With few exceptions, ICE can only detain illegal immigrants for six months while trying to deport them.
“The consequence is that under current law, the government is compelled to release into our communities murderers, child molesters and other predators who pose a clear and direct threat to public safety and national security,” said Thomas Dupree, an attorney who testified at the hearing.
The Keep Our Communities Safe Act would allow ICE to hold illegal immigrants like Heng as long as necessary.
House Judiciary Committee Chairman Lamar Smith is sponsoring the bill.
He says ICE has released nearly 4,000 dangerous criminal immigrants every year since 2008.
“Just because a criminal immigrant can not be returned to their home country does not mean they should be freed into our communities,” said Chairman Smith. “Dangerous criminal immigrants need to be detained.”
“I think it’s wonderful. I just wish they'd name it after my son. Like Ashton’s Law or something,” said Sandra Hutchinson, the Revere murder victim’s mother.
Hutchinson blew the whistle on the loophole by calling Fox Undercover after learning her son's killer was released.
“I'm sure if I hadn't said anything and Fox hadn't gotten involved, God knows how many other people would be out there right along with him,” said Hutchinson.
But before anything changes, the bill must pass Congress.
The ACLU is against it. “Of course we should deport people if they flout immigration laws, we should. But if you can't, the constitution doesn't allow you to lock the person up forever,” said Ahilan Arulanantham of the ACLU of Southern California.
Tennessee Congresswoman Marsha Blackburn supports the bill.
"I've read about the case in Boston and my heart goes out to this family and to this mother,” said Rep. Blackburn.
The law has finally caught up with the killer of Hutchinson's son.
Loeun Heng is once again in ICE custody and finally being deported back to Cambodia.
“It seems like time and again when you come to addressing some of these issues it takes media attention or it takes the attention of the voter,” said Rep. Blackburn.
'It remains to be seen whether that attention will pressure lawmakers to pass the Keep Our Communities Safe Act.
12 comments:
Send that Nigger back to Cambodia! Khmer kids have the opportunity to succeed in America and they do this??? Kill, join gangs, etc! No wonder people look down on Khmer!
Send all them Khmer Fools in Boston, Lowell, Phili back, welfare fake ass gangsters! they will know what life is really like when in Cambodia!
Khmer RacerX, D.C
Most of us who live here in the US long enough consider ourselves somewhat American mentally and on the paper. Those who came to the US lately think America is a place to take advantage. They commit fraud without being ashame of or afraid of. Many came here through fraudulant marriage. They openly dare to brag about their fraudulent act or marriage with stranger in the noodle eat-out place. I hear this many times. The popular Ayai singer Mr. Pruhm Manh bragged on RFA how their family come to the US and male singer Chhom Bunyong bragged years ago that his sister Chhom Nimul is still single when she live in the US legally through marriage. Khmer people just get used to illegal act and corruption in Cambodia and are not afraid of the US law util their fate become like that of Loeun Heng.
FUCKING REFUGEE!
Kill them all. Go back to Cambodia.
To U.S Immigration office,
A man named Song , Kun Thea living in Tacoma, Washington state is an illegal
immigrant.
He did enter U.S.A illegally through a SHAM marriage arranged by Mrs Him, Bun Ho, a ring leader in Tacoma, Washington state.
Khmer people shut up! Do what Right! Let the fruad talk all they want..but one day they will see!
Kon Khmer
To that stupid and jealousy 11:55PM every body are refugee to the United States except the India people. So you fucking jealous cause your motherfuckers don't have a chance to live in the free wrold right. All of your desvers to live in Vietcong, Cambodian China, Cuba and North Korea that the places for your motherfuckers to live and eat shits there never have any freedom.
Don't blame all Khmer being bad,even
Thai,Vietnamese,and other ethnic
groups who live in USA are bad too.
Know what you knew the ones you
did not know you should learn to know.
The Canada and the USA sent few hundred yuon back to Vietnam.
Ask KI Media,they will tell you.
The marriage fraud:Thai,Vietnamese,
Cuban etc...
I agree with poster 2:48 AM 100 % .
Welcome! Welcome!
Great Vietgook Empire is now Called Great Vietgook Expired.
Great Vietgook Expired is now offical name called Chinaviet province of wonder.
Welcome! Welcome to Chinaviet The Province Of Wonder!
LOL
Fine to examine this but every time the government responds to a Fox story they are empowering Fox. I want to know if Fox really made this happen and I want to know if its the will of the American people or if it is just being done because the government is afraid of Fox.
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