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Comprehensive immigration reform won't help the folks in Tacoma. The vast majority are there because of felonies they committed while living in the USA illegally. Tough shit. Throw some tamales on the cell floor, the hunger strike will be over by dawn.

In FY 2013:
ICE conducted a total of 368,644 removals.

ICE conducted 133,551 removals of individuals apprehended in the interior of the U.S.

82 percent of all interior removals had been previously convicted of a crime.

ICE conducted 235,093 removals of individuals apprehended along our borders while attempting to unlawfully enter the U.S. 1
59 percent of all ICE removals, a total of 216,810, had been previously convicted of a crime.

ICE apprehended and removed 110,115 criminals removed from the interior of the U.S.

ICE removed 106,695 criminals apprehended at the border while attempting to unlawfully enter the U.S.

98 percent of all ICE FY 2013 removals, a total of 360,313, met one or more of ICE's stated civil immigration enforcement priorities.

Of the 151,834 removals of individuals without a criminal conviction, 84 percent, or 128,398, were apprehended at the border while attempting to unlawfully enter the U.S. and 95 percent fell within one of ICE's stated immigration enforcement priorities.
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How about some actual facts? The TRAC Immigration Project out of Syracuse University tracks how ICE uses its authority and the seriousness of the crimes/infractions committed by those it detains and deports. A recent report showed that the vast majority of people subject to immigration detainers have either never been convicted of a crime (47.7 percent), or had committed only minor offenses. King County recently wisely limited the instances in which it would comply with hold requests from ICE, recognizing the harm it does to public safety when people are afraid of reporting crimes or interacting with law enforcement.

http://trac.syr.edu/immigration/reports/…
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So, the president who has deported more immigrants than any other president, decides after 5 years that he wants to do so in a more humane way.

What a guy.
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About the fact that they should immediately be deported. That would solve the problem.

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