Attorneys General Urge Biden To Reinstate Policy Targeting Illegal Immigrant Sex Offenders
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Nicole Silverio
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February 19, 2021 3:49 PM ET
Eighteen GOP state attorneys general urged President Joe Biden in a letter Thursday to reinstate an Immigrations and Customs Enforcement operation targeting illegal immigrant sex offenders.
Last month, ICE officials within the Biden administration mothballed the operation as part of a wider initiative to restrain the immigration agency, The Washington Post reported. The Trump administration implemented Operation Talon during its final weeks in order to combat illegal immigrant sex offenders at-large in the U.S.
Attorney General Erich Schmitt of Missouri warned that “This ill-advised decision threatens to empower sexual predators to victimize women and children in America, and to exacerbate the tragic crisis of sexual assault and sex trafficking among migrant and immigrant communities,†the letter said, Fox News reported. “We urge you to reconsider this decision and restore an aggressive enforcement policy against convicted sexual predators who are unlawfully in the United States.â€
https://dailycaller.com/2021/02/19/attorneys-general-urge-biden-to-reinstate-policy-targeting-illegal-immigrant-sex-offenders/
