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Judicial Watch Sues Department of Homeland Security for Records Relating to ICE 2013 Release of 36,000 Criminal Aliens

Center for Immigration Studies reported convictions included 426 sexual assaults, 193 murders; DHS Secretary told Senate investigating committee he was seeking "deeper understanding" of what happened

Contact: Jill Farrell, Judicial Watch, 202-646-5188

WASHINGTON, Oct. 2, 2014 /Standard Newswire/ -- Judicial Watch announced today on July 21, 2014, it filed a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuit against the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to obtain records relating to the release by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) of 36,000 criminal aliens in 2013 (Judicial Watch v. U.S. Department of Homeland Security (No. 1:14-cv-01237)).

According to a report published by the Washington, DC-based group Center for Immigration Studies (CIS), the criminal aliens had been convicted of violent and serious crimes, including homicide, sexual assault, kidnapping, and aggravated assault.

Judicial Watch filed the FOIA lawsuit after DHS failed to respond to a May 15, 2014, FOIA request seeking the following information:

    Any and all records of communications including, but not limited to, emails and memoranda, to or from personnel in the office of the Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (including its component offices, such as the Office of Public Affairs), from May 1 to May 15, 2014, concerning, regarding, or related to the report published by the Center for Immigrations Studies concerning the release of 36,000 criminal aliens.

According to the May 2014 CIS report, in 2013 ICE freed 36,007 convicted criminal aliens from detention who were awaiting the outcome of deportation proceedings. This group included aliens convicted of hundreds of serious, often violent crimes, including homicide, sexual assault, kidnapping, and aggravated assault. The CIS document revealed that those convicted criminal aliens had nearly 88,000 convictions, including:

  • 193 homicide convictions (including one willful killing of a public official with gun)
     
  • 426 sexual assault convictions
     
  • 303 kidnapping convictions
     
  • 1,075 aggravated assault convictions
     
  • 1,160 stolen vehicle convictions
     
  • 9,187 dangerous drug convictions
     
  • 16,070 drunk or drugged driving convictions
     
  • 303 flight escape convictions

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