Delay in Immigration Raids May Signal Policy Change

[babylonsister]

Delay in Immigration Raids May Signal Policy Change


Immigrations and Customs Enforcement may be shifting focus from detaining illegal workers to prosecuting executives at the companies that employ them. A senior government official says raids are being delayed. (By Matt Bush -- Associated Press)

By Spencer S. Hsu
Washington Post Staff Writer
Sunday, March 29, 2009; Page A02


Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano has delayed a series of proposed immigration raids and other enforcement actions at U.S. workplaces in recent weeks, asking agents in her department to apply more scrutiny to the selection and investigation of targets as well as the timing of raids, federal officials said.

A senior department official said the delays signal a pending change in whom agents at U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement choose to prosecute -- increasing the focus on businesses and executives instead of ordinary workers.

"ICE is now scrutinizing these cases more thoroughly to ensure that are being taken down when they should be taken down, and that the employer is being targeted and the surveillance and the investigation is being done how it should be done," said the official, discussing Napolitano's views about sensitive law enforcement matters on the condition of anonymity.

"There will be a change in policy, but in the interim, you've got to scrutinize the cases coming up," the senior DHS official said, noting Napolitano's expectations as a former federal prosecutor and state attorney general.

Another DHS official said Napolitano plans to release protocols this week to ensure more consistent work-site investigations and less "haphazard" decision-making.

Napolitano's moves have led some to question President Obama's commitment to work-site raids, which were a signature of Bush administration efforts to combat illegal immigration. Napolitano has highlighted other priorities, such as combating Mexican drug cartels and catching dangerous criminals who are illegal immigrants.

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[FreakinDJ]

1. Going after the Employers would be a "Welcomed thing"

but that Fucked up DHS just cost me another $175 for some screwed up Security Clearance and I was born in America, served my country in the Army during Viet Nam and had a NTS clearance while doing it

[annabanana]

2. " led some to question President Obama's commitment to work-site raids,

. .which were a signature of Bush administration efforts to combat illegal immigration"

"some" might question what the hell is wrong with that?

"led some". . .sheesh, the writing hurts sometimes..