The Trump administration has released the names of 607 people detained by immigration agents, and whose arrests might have violated a court order, and only 16 – or 2.6% – of them have been identified by the federal government as a “high public safety risk” because of their alleged criminal histories, according to court documents.
Eric Balliet, a retired special agent with Homeland Security Investigations, worked for the department until last year after 25 years on the job, said the data regarding the ICE arrests erodes trust in the federal immigration crackdown in the Chicago area, in particular the Trump administration’s repeated claims that they are targeting the “worst of the worst.”
That’s because this has nothing to do with public safety. Quite the opposite in fact. This is about terrorizing communities one city at a time. They want people living in fear regardless of their criminal record or immigration status.
They want to meet some arbitrary quota that has been set by morons. And have to get done by whatever means needed.
And they want to get that sweet sweet “bounty” bonus money.