Letter to my Congressmen:
Several national law enforcement groups oppose the House's criminal justice reform legislation because it would release thousands of criminal aliens from federal prisons and onto the streets. I urge you to oppose this legislation should it be brought to the House floor if criminal aliens will be released from prison.
Several national law enforcement groups oppose the House's criminal justice reform legislation because it would release thousands of criminal aliens from federal prisons and onto the streets. I urge you to oppose this legislation should it be brought to the House floor if criminal aliens will be released from prison.
85%
of all federal drug possession convictions occur along the Southwest
border. To make matters worse, 77% of all federal drug possession
convictions are handed down to non-citizens. Many of these criminal
aliens belong to violent drug gangs like MS-13. On top of this, 25% of
all federal trafficking convictions are handed down to non-citizen
aliens. Releasing many of these criminal aliens, as the House proposal
would do, would devastate communities along the Southwest border as
President Obama cannot be trusted to deport them.
On top of this, the legislation only applies to the 9% of inmates who reside in federal prison. Those millions who reside in state, local, and county jails would remain there. While this legislation would only impact the federal prison population, the impact it would have on America's communities is huge. If these criminal aliens re-offend in a sanctuary city, they are unlikely to be handed over to ICE. Kate Steinle was killed by an illegal alien who San Fransisco refused to deport and Detective Michael Davis, Jr. and Officer Danny Oliver were killed by an illegal alien who had been released from prison on drug-related offenses.
The National Association of Assistant U.S. Attorneys. Recently, one of their officers, Steven Wassermann, said:
"It is also important to note that a large portion of the federal prison population for both drug offenses and immigration offenses consist of undocumented aliens. Accordingly, the failure to address border security and immigration is arguably a much more aggravating factor in driving the federal prison population than drug prosecutions generally. Rather than simply going soft on dangerous felons as a way to reduce the prison population, it would seem that fixing immigration and border security would be a safer and more effective means of reducing the prison population."
Passing criminal justice reform in its current form is not the answer to reducing the the prison population; securing the border to prevent the influx of dangerous criminals is. I urge you to oppose this legislation.
On top of this, the legislation only applies to the 9% of inmates who reside in federal prison. Those millions who reside in state, local, and county jails would remain there. While this legislation would only impact the federal prison population, the impact it would have on America's communities is huge. If these criminal aliens re-offend in a sanctuary city, they are unlikely to be handed over to ICE. Kate Steinle was killed by an illegal alien who San Fransisco refused to deport and Detective Michael Davis, Jr. and Officer Danny Oliver were killed by an illegal alien who had been released from prison on drug-related offenses.
The National Association of Assistant U.S. Attorneys. Recently, one of their officers, Steven Wassermann, said:
"It is also important to note that a large portion of the federal prison population for both drug offenses and immigration offenses consist of undocumented aliens. Accordingly, the failure to address border security and immigration is arguably a much more aggravating factor in driving the federal prison population than drug prosecutions generally. Rather than simply going soft on dangerous felons as a way to reduce the prison population, it would seem that fixing immigration and border security would be a safer and more effective means of reducing the prison population."
Passing criminal justice reform in its current form is not the answer to reducing the the prison population; securing the border to prevent the influx of dangerous criminals is. I urge you to oppose this legislation.
Sincerely,
Lynn Anderson
Lynn Anderson
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