ICE Data Shows Mexicans Getting Special Treatment

The Obama administration is selectively enforcing immigration laws depending on the gender of the illegal alien and which country he or she is from, according to new government data that shows Mexicans are getting special treatment.
 
Obtained by a nonprofit university group dedicated to researching the U.S. government, the records reveal a surprising variability in immigration detainer trends by gender and nationality. Detainers are notices issued by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) asking local law enforcement agencies to hold suspected illegal immigrants until the federal agency takes them into custody, presumably to deport them.
 
It’s part of a federal-local partnership in which local police agencies identify deportable criminal aliens that then get reported to ICE. Municipalities that offer illegal immigrants sanctuary refuse to contact federal authorities and often release the offender back into the community. Last spring Judicial Watch sued Cook County in Illinois challenging its refusal to honor ICE detainers, instead releasing as many as 1,000 criminal aliens sought by the agency.
 
It turns out that even when the agency is notified it’s selectively enforcing the law. Among the sharpest declines in the use of detainers was against individuals identified as born in Mexico, the government records show. The data spans from October 2011 to August 2013 and reveals a decline of 25% in detainers issued against Mexicans as well as a decrease of 32% in detainers issued against women and a 22% drop against men. Some countries, such as Laos and Haiti saw an increase of 12% and 9% respectively, but the total number of immigrants from those countries is tiny.