President Donald Trump has at every opportunity falsely stated that anywhere from three to five million illegal votes were cast in the 2016 presidential election. Neither he nor anyone else in his administration has provided the public, any law enforcement…
Category: Immigration Crimes
2017
Category: Immigration Crimes
Even if you did not have to deal with the fear, turmoil, or protests that erupted after President Trump’s executive order on immigration firsthand, you certainly heard about the order through some media form. The order, which is under fierce…
2017
Category: Immigration Crimes
Immigration law permits the deportation of a non-citizen who commits any aggravated felony or “crime of moral turpitude.”
The current administration plans to utilize this law to permit more deportations, and, in some instanceS, to engage in mass “unjust”…
2016
Category: Immigration Crimes
Harsh rhetoric and scandals are common characteristics of a presidential campaign. Politics is indeed a rough sport.
But the 2016 presidential campaign will be remembered as one of the worst in modern political history. Statements have been made and…
2016
Category: Immigration Crimes
The Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse (TRAC) reports that prosecution for immigration-related crimes was down in June 2016 by 17.7 percent over the previous month. There were 5537 new immigration prosecutions in the month of June.
When all the numbers…
2016
Category: Federal Criminal Law | federal Sentencing | Immigration Crimes
Federal sentencing is a complex process.
The U.S. Supreme Court on April 20, 2016 was forced to confront a conflict among the federal circuits in their review of federal sentences. Their decision was handed down in the case of…
2016
Category: Immigration Crimes
Presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump has made illegal immigrants the face of crime.
But what are the facts?
The American Immigration Council is a much better trumpeter of the facts than headline-seeking politicians. The Council informs us…
2016
Category: Immigration Crimes
The March 22, 2016 arrest of Jose Antonio-Landin-Ortiz and Jose Alfredo-Ortiz-Vega—both of whom are from Mexico and who were living in the U.S. illegally—at the Falfurrias, Texas, checkpoint underscore the recurring problem in this state, and other states as well,…
2015
Category: Human Trafficking | Immigration Crimes | Sex Crimes
Texas is one of the states most committed in fighting child sex trafficking.
Shared Hope International just released its 2015 “Protected Innocence Challenge” report. Texas is one of only six states to score an “A” grade for the laws…
2015
Category: Immigration Crimes
According to the Center for Immigration Studies, there are 340 sanctuary cities in the United States. The tragic shooting death of Karen Steinle in San Francisco this past summer by an illegal immigrant unleashed a heated debate about both the…