No, sorry, Ilhan Omar wasn’t one of those busted
The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) office conducted an unprecedented large-scale investigation in Minneapolis this month, focused on those who were committing marriage and asylum fraud.
Under a mission known as Operation Twin Shield, officers targeted 1,000 cases, knocking on doors at more than 900 sites to conduct interviews and review immigration criteria. Coordinating with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and the FBI, they found fraud, non-compliance, or public safety and national security concerns in 275 cases.
It’s the first operation after a new rule finalized earlier this month allowed USCIS to expand its law enforcement duties.
In 44 of those cases, the immigrants were referred to ICE or given a notice to appear (NTA) in court. Two were detained on-site. The rest are still being investigated.
Other cases included a petitioner who confessed to marriage fraud just hours after swearing under oath that her marriage was legitimate, and another involving an immigrant who had overstayed a visa waiver, was the son of a suspected terrorist, and had previously been denied benefits for fraud.
It’s unsurprising this was mostly in Minneapolis, a hotbed of Islamic extremism and 3rd world mentality.
The agency pointed to Executive Order 14161, which directs federal agencies to protect the United States from foreign terrorists and other public safety threats, as the framework guiding the operation. Officials emphasized that unlike during the Biden administration, USCIS officers are now empowered to thoroughly vet applicants and aggressively pursue fraud wherever it is encountered.
Let’s get them through the system and get them out of the U.S.
Meanwhile, get the Waaambulance
Commentary: There’s no nice way to deport someone. But Trump’s ICE is hosting a cruelty Olympics
When my father was crossing the U.S.-Mexico border like an undocumented Road Runner back in the 1970s, la migra caught him more than a few times.
They chased him and his friends through factories in Los Angeles and across the hills that separate Tijuana and San Diego. He was tackled and handcuffed and hauled off in cars, trucks and vans. Sometimes, Papi and his pals were dropped off at the border checkpoint in San Ysidro and ordered to walk back into Mexico. Other times, he was packed into grimy cells with other men.
But there was no anger or terror in his voice when I asked him recently how la migra treated him whenever they’d catch him.
“Like humans,” he said. “They had a job to do, and they knew why we mojados were coming here, so they knew they would see us again. So why make it difficult for both of us?”
Nice. Accusing ICE of being angry and terrorizing people who are, let’s see, breaking US law. Wackos.
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Climate week just concluded in New York City. Instead of joining the chorus on how the US has withdrawn from the conversation, I thought I might write about something constructive. I have always worried that climate losses will eventually be socialized via greater deficits and eventually via greater taxation. What might an alternative look like? A private sector funded financing vehicle that can transfer risk from victims to a more risk loving investor, in exchange for appropriate returns. That is, something like CAT bonds.
