Should our government accept "letters of refusal" for deportee's who have felony convictions?
Should the U.S. start forbidding these embassy's, diplomats etc... from stopping deportations? Is five years enough penalty for allowing convicted felons to remain here on our streets by giving them false documentation? -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I.C.E. News Release July 28, 2009 Ex-Armenian diplomat among 5 charged in scheme to allow illegal immigrants to stay in U.S. Defendants accused of selling documents to help convicted felons avoid deportation LOS ANGELES - The former Armenian Consul in Los Angeles and a Beverly Hills immigration attorney are among five people arrested last night and this morning on federal criminal charges following an investigation by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) into allegations they obtained and sold to illegal aliens documents called "letters of refusal," which allowed those illegal aliens to avoid deportation. Issued by embassies and consulates, a letter of refusal states that a country will not issue a travel document for a particular individual, essentially blocking that person's deportation to that nation. According to the criminal charges that led to this week's arrests, the five defendants sold official letters of refusal from the Armenian consulate for as much as $35,000. Those letters prevented the removal of the Armenian nationals to Armenia. The investigation revealed that many of those who purchased the letters were Armenian nationals facing deportation after being convicted in the United States of felony offenses. The defendants, who are named in four separate criminal complaints, are accused of obstructing proceedings before a department or agency, namely ICE. All five were taken into custody by ICE during the last 24 hours and are expected to make their initial appearances this afternoon in U. S. District Court in downtown Los Angeles. Those charged are: •Norair Ghalumian, 52, of Burbank, Calif., the Armenian Consul in Los Angeles from 1999 through 2003, who was arrested this morning; •Hakop Hovanesyan, 54, of Glendale, Calif., a former employee at the Armenian Consulate in Los Angeles and current operator of Regency Travel in Glendale, who was arrested last night; •Margarita Mkrtchyan, 41, of Glendale, Calif., an immigration attorney for Inman and Associates law firm in Beverly Hills, Calif., who was arrested last night; •Oganes Nardos, 36, of Valencia, Calif., a substance abuse counselor, who was arrested this morning; and •Elvis Madatyan, 47, of Glendale, Calif, who was arrested this morning. The charge of obstructing ICE proceedings carries a maximum penalty of five years in prison. accept from convicted felons, wow, you advocates are for any crimes illegal aliens do.
Immigration - 7 Answers
Random Answers, Critics, Comments, Opinions :
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YES!
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Yep!...you asked 'accept', but doesn't mean they have to follow through. It's up to the Government.
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No "letters of refusal" should ever be allowed. If the person is a citizen or national of a country, they have to be allowed back in regardless of any circumstances. Likewise, any sort of difficulty or events in a person's country of citizenship should never be considered a bar to return of any of its citizens who have violated immigration or other laws of a host country. This nonsense over, e.g. Somalia, has to end. They can be flown into the country and debark from the plane, or taken to any land border for reentry to their country of citizenship. Zero tolerance for immigration-law violators or for criminal aliens.
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Yes, Yep
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The United States should never allow other countries to interfere in deportation of illegal aliens.
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put their butts on a plane-- they can argue the refusal at the airport after the criminal is back in their own country !!! they can live at the baggage carousal until their government accepts them !!!
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Letters of refusal are PROOF that these countries are actively engaged in breaking Americas immigration laws. It's called invasion people. Read the book by Michelle Malkin.
Should the U.S. start forbidding these embassy's, diplomats etc... from stopping deportations? Is five years enough penalty for allowing convicted felons to remain here on our streets by giving them false documentation? -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I.C.E. News Release July 28, 2009 Ex-Armenian diplomat among 5 charged in scheme to allow illegal immigrants to stay in U.S. Defendants accused of selling documents to help convicted felons avoid deportation LOS ANGELES - The former Armenian Consul in Los Angeles and a Beverly Hills immigration attorney are among five people arrested last night and this morning on federal criminal charges following an investigation by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) into allegations they obtained and sold to illegal aliens documents called "letters of refusal," which allowed those illegal aliens to avoid deportation. Issued by embassies and consulates, a letter of refusal states that a country will not issue a travel document for a particular individual, essentially blocking that person's deportation to that nation. According to the criminal charges that led to this week's arrests, the five defendants sold official letters of refusal from the Armenian consulate for as much as $35,000. Those letters prevented the removal of the Armenian nationals to Armenia. The investigation revealed that many of those who purchased the letters were Armenian nationals facing deportation after being convicted in the United States of felony offenses. The defendants, who are named in four separate criminal complaints, are accused of obstructing proceedings before a department or agency, namely ICE. All five were taken into custody by ICE during the last 24 hours and are expected to make their initial appearances this afternoon in U. S. District Court in downtown Los Angeles. Those charged are: •Norair Ghalumian, 52, of Burbank, Calif., the Armenian Consul in Los Angeles from 1999 through 2003, who was arrested this morning; •Hakop Hovanesyan, 54, of Glendale, Calif., a former employee at the Armenian Consulate in Los Angeles and current operator of Regency Travel in Glendale, who was arrested last night; •Margarita Mkrtchyan, 41, of Glendale, Calif., an immigration attorney for Inman and Associates law firm in Beverly Hills, Calif., who was arrested last night; •Oganes Nardos, 36, of Valencia, Calif., a substance abuse counselor, who was arrested this morning; and •Elvis Madatyan, 47, of Glendale, Calif, who was arrested this morning. The charge of obstructing ICE proceedings carries a maximum penalty of five years in prison. accept from convicted felons, wow, you advocates are for any crimes illegal aliens do.
Immigration - 7 Answers
Random Answers, Critics, Comments, Opinions :
1 :
YES!
2 :
Yep!...you asked 'accept', but doesn't mean they have to follow through. It's up to the Government.
3 :
No "letters of refusal" should ever be allowed. If the person is a citizen or national of a country, they have to be allowed back in regardless of any circumstances. Likewise, any sort of difficulty or events in a person's country of citizenship should never be considered a bar to return of any of its citizens who have violated immigration or other laws of a host country. This nonsense over, e.g. Somalia, has to end. They can be flown into the country and debark from the plane, or taken to any land border for reentry to their country of citizenship. Zero tolerance for immigration-law violators or for criminal aliens.
4 :
Yes, Yep
5 :
The United States should never allow other countries to interfere in deportation of illegal aliens.
6 :
put their butts on a plane-- they can argue the refusal at the airport after the criminal is back in their own country !!! they can live at the baggage carousal until their government accepts them !!!
7 :
Letters of refusal are PROOF that these countries are actively engaged in breaking Americas immigration laws. It's called invasion people. Read the book by Michelle Malkin.
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