Fox NewsIllegal immigrant demonstrators were protesting outside the White House on Monday – but don’t expect America’s immigration officers to intervene.
An Immigration and Customs Enforcement official indicated that even if the protesters end up getting arrested by D.C. police, they’d have to be serious criminals for ICE to get involved.
“Unless the individuals meet ICE’s enforcement priorities, it’s unlikely that the agency would get involved in the case,” the official told FoxNews.com.
Under a policy that’s been in effect for several years, ICE focuses deportation mostly on serious criminals and – in some cases — those caught in the act of crossing the border. The agency prioritizes deportation for felons, repeat offenders, gang members and others with a serious criminal record. But the agency largely gives a pass to other undocumented residents.
This is why illegal immigrant activists can protest outside the White House without worrying too much about ICE.
They did so at lunchtime on Monday, marching across Lafayette Park to the White House and advocating a reprieve for illegal immigrant parents who brought their children to the U.S. – and whose children have benefited from a separate reprieve issued in 2012 by the Department of Homeland Security.
According to The Washington Times, illegal immigrant protesters also planned to demonstrate outside the White House on Monday afternoon, to call on immigration groups to boycott any administration meetings until illegal immigrants are included in those talks.
“Unless the individuals meet ICE’s enforcement priorities, it’s unlikely that the agency would get involved in the case.”
MOW THEM DOWN WITH A MACHINE GUN.
case closed.
wait until they figure out what squatters rights are, if they haven’t already been schooled. and if the property like say your house had electricity and water when they moved in without your consent and you try to evict them by shutting it off you will be required to not only pay to have it turned back on but pay to keep it on as long as they’re there or be fined. they can destroy your property and there’s nothing you can do about it. some of you may think i’m full of shit but I know of an incident of a woman where this very thing is happening. except the guy doing this to her isn’t an illegal. he use to work for the government or still does. I don’t remember exactly or in what capacity as this was told to me by a friend. I should probably have paid more attention. expect more of these types of cases landing in court.
Unfrigginbelievable….So easy to round them up right there all in one place if they ever enforced the damn law. Felons out on the street in front of our White House as though they have captured our flag. The Founding Father’s would be rolling over in their graves.
Hey Lil’ Kim, I thought you said you were going to attack the White House. Now might be a good time.
If these people had been occupy wall street or a patriot group of some kind, they would have been mowed down where they stood!
We ARE now a third world country! Obama DID keep ONE campaign promise-to fundamentally change America.
Obama is a scum sucking, boot licking, gay, piece of Marxist Muslim CRAP!
My European relatives can’t even get a VISA to visit us, and this trash from the 3rd world is wagging their weenies in our face.
You are white European your are treated like garbage in this country. Lot of people have had enough.
Repercussions?
Can’t fear what doesn’t exist.