ICE Releases Memo Showing Agency Has Resources to Remove Only 4% of Illegal Aliens A Year

Penny Starr
CNS News
July 7, 2010

In a June 30 memorandum, John Morton, assistant secretary of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), said that enforcing civil immigration laws is vital to “our national security, public safety, and the integrity of our border and immigration controls.”
 
But Morton also said that ICE only has the resources to remove about 400,000 illegal aliens each year, a litle less than 4 percent of the current population of those in the United States illegally.
 
In the memo, Morton said that because of the lack of resources, ICE must prioritize how it uses its personnel and detention facilities.
 
“In light of the large number of administrative violations the agency is charged with addressing and the limited enforcement resources the agency has available, ICE must prioritize the use of its enforcement personnel, detention space, and removal resources to ensure that the removals the agency does conduct promote the agency’s highest enforcement priorities, namely national security, public safety, and border security,” the memorandum states.

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