Nearly 20,000 Criminal Aliens Freed in 2015: Nearly 20,000 illegal immigrants convicted of crimes were released from custody and into American communities last year, including hundreds charged with sexual assault, kidnapping and homicide. Stephen Dinan of the Washington Times reports that together, the illegal immigrants tallied a total of 64,000 crimes, including 12,307 drunken driving convictions, 1,728 cases of assault, 216 kidnapping and over 200 homicide or manslaughter convictions. The precise breakdown can be read here. Approximately half were released by immigration judges, another 2,000 were freed in order to comply with a 2001 Supreme Court decision that put a six-month cap on the length of detention for immigrants "absent extenuating circumstances," the Obama administration was unable to arrange travel documents to send someone back home in time in 89 other cases. In 7,000 cases, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement released criminal aliens at its own discretion.
GA Executes Man for Triple Slaying: After the State Board of Pardons and Paroles declined Tuesday to spare the life of a death row inmate, Georgia executed him Wednesday evening. The AP reports that 37-year-old Daniel Anthony Lucas was put to death by lethal injection for the 1998 killings of a man and his two children, who interrupted Lucas while he was burglarizing their home. Lucas is the fifth person to be executed in Georgia this year, tying a record set in 1987 and 2015 for the most executions carried out by the state in a calendar year since capital punishment's reinstatement in 1976. He was the 42nd person executed in the state by lethal injection.
Border Agents Seek More Fencing, High-Tech Gear: Federal agents in charge of patrolling the U.S.-Mexico border have requested 23 additional miles of fences, better radios and more aerial drones to tighten border security. Julia Harte of Reuters reports that the extra fences sought by California and Texas agents, if installed, would be the first major fencing along the 1,954-mile border in five years and cost about $92 million. It would cover three sections of the border and consist primarily of metal or concrete bollards clustered closely together. There is currently 653 miles of fencing along the border -- a mix of wall-like fences and more basic vehicle barriers. More high-tech gear such as radios and aerials drones are also being sought by agents, as the Border Patrol agents' union has been openly critical of the Department of Homeland Security and Customs and Border Protection for neglecting their stocks in basic equipment.
GA Executes Man for Triple Slaying: After the State Board of Pardons and Paroles declined Tuesday to spare the life of a death row inmate, Georgia executed him Wednesday evening. The AP reports that 37-year-old Daniel Anthony Lucas was put to death by lethal injection for the 1998 killings of a man and his two children, who interrupted Lucas while he was burglarizing their home. Lucas is the fifth person to be executed in Georgia this year, tying a record set in 1987 and 2015 for the most executions carried out by the state in a calendar year since capital punishment's reinstatement in 1976. He was the 42nd person executed in the state by lethal injection.
Border Agents Seek More Fencing, High-Tech Gear: Federal agents in charge of patrolling the U.S.-Mexico border have requested 23 additional miles of fences, better radios and more aerial drones to tighten border security. Julia Harte of Reuters reports that the extra fences sought by California and Texas agents, if installed, would be the first major fencing along the 1,954-mile border in five years and cost about $92 million. It would cover three sections of the border and consist primarily of metal or concrete bollards clustered closely together. There is currently 653 miles of fencing along the border -- a mix of wall-like fences and more basic vehicle barriers. More high-tech gear such as radios and aerials drones are also being sought by agents, as the Border Patrol agents' union has been openly critical of the Department of Homeland Security and Customs and Border Protection for neglecting their stocks in basic equipment.
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