Most
Recent Enforcement of Immigration Deportation Law
If
you or a loved one has breached immigration deportation
law by entering the United States illegally or having
overstayed in this country from the time that was
allowed on your visa, you are very likely to be put
into deportation proceedings. If this is the case
and you currently are in removal/deportation proceedings
or you have recently received a Notice to Appear listing
the allegations made against you by the Department
of Homeland Security, and the location of the
Immigration court hearing scheduled to address
your case and any potential relief available. If any
of the above scenarios applies to you, you MUST contact
a trusted immigration attorney specializing in immigration
law at once.
Once you are
involved in a removal proceeding meaning that you
violated US immigration law, things get a lot more
complicated. A wrong move has the potential of getting
you deported or even worse expeditedly removed (deported
without a hearing!) The good news is that there are
several forms of
relief to individuals who violate the US immigration
laws. However, these forms of relief from deportation
are complex. That is why I cannot stress the fact
you need to contact an attorney specializing in immigration
law as soon as possible. Don't take on the Department
of Homeland Security alone!
Immigration
attorneys who specialize in removal proceedings and
immigration law are familiar with the sorts of relief
and
waivers available to some individuals and the
numerous requirements to prove eligibility for such
relief.
The Executive
Office of Immigration Review website includes a list
of
forms.
NOTE: As I
already indicated above, REMOVAL PROCEEDINGS ARE
EXTREMELY COMPLEX and violations of immigration
law require representation from an immigration attorney
who SPECIALIZES in immigration law and deportation
hearings.
You would
be doing yourself a great disservice if you do not
at least consult with an immigration attorney prior
to attending your removal hearing in immigration court.
ICE Current Detentions and Deportations
This page
is meant to give you an informative insight into the
potential consequences of violating US immigration
deportation laws and the current enforcement of deportation
orders going on in the United States. As you can read
from other places on this webpage, ICE has been given
much more funding to enforce deportation orders in
the form of arrests and detentions in immigration
detention centers around the United States.
As part of
its efforts to have and enforce a
comprehensive immigration reform bill, the Department
of Homeland Security (DHS) is currently focusing enforcement
efforts on locating and removing criminal aliens,
building strong
worksite compliance programs and
sanctions and arrests of employers to deter illegal
employment, and uprooting the criminal infrastructure
that supports illegal migration.
- In May and June of 2006, Immigration
and Customs Enforcement (ICE) arrested more than
2,100 criminal aliens, gang members, fugitives,
and other immigration violators in a nationwide
interior enforcement operation.
- Among the roughly 2,179 individuals
arrested, about half had criminal records for
crimes that ranged from sexual assault of a minor
to assault with a deadly weapon.
About 367
of those arrested were members of associates of violent
street gangs.
640 were fugitive
aliens who had been issued FINAL ORDERS OF REMOVAL
by an immigration judge but had failed to leave the
US.
Since March
of 2003, ICE Fugitive Operations Teams have arrested
more than 42,000 aliens, 31,000 of which were fugitives.
Since 2001,
the number of ICE Immigration investigators has increased
by 25%.
Most importantly,
ICE has expanded its fugitive operations teams from
35 to 52 in 2006 and the President’s budget
for fiscal year 2007 seeks funding to increase that
number to a total of 70 teams. |
