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Just two days before Thanksgiving, New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg quietly signed into law an ordinance (Int. No. 656) ordering all city jails to ignore certain Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detainers issued to deport illegal aliens from those jails. As a result, New York City jails will now release many illegal aliens back into the community instead of handing them over to ICE for removal.
On Wednesday, the House Subcommittee on Immigration Policy and Enforcement held a hearing on the Obama Administration's efforts to undermine the Secure Communities program. Through the program, local law enforcement officers submit the digital fingerprints of all individuals they book for comparison against the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and Federal Bureau of Investigation's (FBI) databases to determine if the person is an alien. If the DHS database identifies the individual as an alien, that information is sent back to both the local jail/prison and the local ICE office for further action. In most circumstances, ICE would issue a detainer on the alien and begin deportation proceedings.
Last Tuesday, the House of Representatives passed H.R.3012, legislation that eliminates the per country cap on employment-based visas. The bill, authored by Rep. Jason Chaffetz (R-UT) and co-sponsored by Rep. Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), also increases the per country cap for family-based visas from seven percent to fifteen percent. The House passed the bill by a vote of 389-15. Under current law, no more than seven percent of employment-based green cards or family-based green cards may come from one country in any year. 8 U.S.C. § 1152.
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