30 countries refusing to take back illegal alien criminals

expat_panama said:

from: 30 countries refusing to take back illegal alien criminals

Rick Moran March 19, 2017

Democratic Rep. Henry Cuellar says that 30 countries are refusing to take deported criminal illegal aliens back and he wants the US government to force their cooperation.

A law is already on the books, Cuellar noted in an interview with Sheryl Attkisson, that the US could stop issuing visas to citzens of those countries until they changed their policy.

Daily Caller:

“We’re not enforcing it, which is amazing. So now my intent is to go back to our committee on appropriations and affect their funding until they do that,”...


...There are many foreign countries that refuse to retake illegal immigrants convicted of crimes, according to the congressman, including Vietnam, Cuba and China. Cuellar said that diplomacy plays a factor in the government’s refusal to enforce the law, as the Department of State and other federal agencies do not want to upset foreign partners...
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...One can certainly understand that most countries would be very reluctant to allow a convicted felon back into their country. We saw the same thing with inmates from Guantanamo Bay prison camp. What nation in their right mind would welcome a terrorist back home? Even Muslim countries were reluctant to take Gitmo prisoners. But after a deportation order is issued for a criminal illegal alien, it is no longer America's problem.

A visa slowdown would be inconvenient for China and most other countries doing business with the US. The Trump administration might be open to such a course of action if these countries continue to refuse lawful American deportation orders that would send criminals back to where they came from.​

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Yeah, it could probably be super costly to hold up visas w/ places like China w/ soo much business travel, but there comes a time when laws have to be obeyed even when it's costly to do so.


mho

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Moderate Right said:

What? You means some of them really were rapists, murderers, and thieves?

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Mr Person said:

I think that picking one's battles wisely is just as important as "speak softly but carry a big stick".

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Mr Person said:

Oh, please. Nobody said none of them were.

What people pointed out is that the rate of violent crime amongst "illegal immigrants" is actually lower than it is amongst American Citizens. That isn't so much an argument for illegal immigration as it is against scaremongering. And nobody complained that like the last several Presidents, Obama's policy was to deport the violent criminal illegals. (Exception: no Reagan-style amnesty)

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