As a Senate hearing on Tuesday, Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) 100% vaporized the head of Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Sarah Saldana, on the subject of the Obama administration routinely releasing illegal immigrants who are convicted felons rather than deporting them. Via RCP:
CRUZ: In the year 2014, how many criminal illegal aliens did the Obama
administration release?
SALDANA: In 2014 it was a little over 30,000.
CRUZ: How many murderers?
SALDANA: Sir, I can’t remember the number right now, but I know we had
the statistic that was said earlier… but I can’t provide you the exact number…”
CRUZ: How many rapists?
SALDANA: Umm. I am not sure right now.
CRUZ: How many drunk drivers?
Yesterday, how many murderers with the Obama administration release?
SALDANA: I can’t answer that question. I want the American people to
know and understand our job and our mission. We don’t release people willy
nilly. …
SEN. TED CRUZ: I want to know that your testimony here, on how many
criminals ICE released in 2013, you were off by a factor of three. You said
30,000. The correct answer is 104,000. There were 68,000 criminal illegal
aliens that ICE declined to begin deportation proceedings against. Despite the
fact, that as Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-AL) 92% observed the federal law
that you are holding up there says they “shall” be deported.
The Obama admin refused to deport them. That is 68,000. In addition to
that there are 30,000 in deportation proceedings with criminal proceedings that
the Obama administration released. I would note that among those were 193
murderers with homicide convictions. 426 people with sexual assault
convictions. 16,000 criminal illegal aliens with drunk driving convictions
released by this administration because they refuse to follow the law.
SALDANA: Sir, those numbers, I am looking straight at them. You asked me
I thought about 2014. That is 30,558. And the good news is, at least it went
down from 2013, when it was 36,007.
CRUZ: But you are omitting the 68,000 criminal illegal aliens that ICE
did not begin deportation proceedings against at all. You’ve got to add both of
those together, it is over 100,000.
SALDANA: Yes, sir, that is absolutely right, all pursuant to the statute
that the Congress has outlined…
CRUZ: There are too many politicians in Washington that talk a good game
but don’t act. If you want to honor Josh [Wilkerson], if you want to honor Kate
Steinle, start enforcing the law and stop releasing murderers, and rapists, and
drunk drivers…
Rather than condemning Donald Trump, at least one candidate to be our
nominee is talking about issues that really matter.
All I can say there is so much awesome here that I don’t know where to
begin.
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