Topic - John Morton

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  'Operation Fake Sweep' nets $5M in counterfeit NFL items

  A nationwide enforcement operation targeting stores, flea markets and street vendors selling counterfeit NFL and Super Bowl memorabilia has netted more than 50,300 counterfeit items that would have sold for more than $5.1 million.

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  Border Patrol union decries hiring of immigrant 'public advocate'

  The Obama administration's appointment of a public advocate for immigrant concerns about law enforcement policies makes a "mockery of the laws of the United States," the National Border Patrol Council said Wednesday.

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  Immigration courtrooms silent during ICE review

  In a trial of a politically divisive program, U.S. prosecutors in Denver and Baltimore are reviewing thousands of deportation cases to determine which illegal immigrants might stay in the country — perhaps indefinitely — so officials can reduce an overwhelming backlog by focusing mainly on detainees with criminal backgrounds or who are deemed threats to national security.

• Bail jumper fuels Chicago illegals debate

  Controversy over a Cook County, Ill., ordinance that forbids the sheriff from notifying federal officials when they're about to release suspected illegal immigrants from jail is heating up after a suspect charged in a fatal hit-and-run posted bail and disappeared.

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  ICE reports record number of deportations

  U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement deported nearly 400,000 people during fiscal 2011, which ended Sept. 30, ICE Director John Morton said Tuesday.

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  ICE removes most illegals in agency history

  U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) removed 396,906 illegal immigrants from the United States in fiscal 2011, the largest number in the agency's history. Nearly 55 percent of them were identified as having been convicted of felonies or misdemeanors.

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  ICE sweep nets 2,900 criminal illegals

  ICE agents arrested more than 2,900 convicted criminal aliens over the past week.

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  Obama flouts law with policy on deportations, senators say

  Eighteen Republican senators led by the Senate Judiciary Committee's ranking member, Sen. Charles E. Grassley, are questioning the Obama administration's immigration policies, saying they go beyond the scope of the law and allow those who entered the country illegally to remain.

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  Obama targets Republicans for blocking Dream Act

  President Obama told an Hispanic audience Wednesday night he will do "everything in my power" to enact the Dream Act, which would prevent the deportation of illegal immigrants studying at American colleges or having served in the military.

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  White House revives push for Dream Act

  Administration officials are beginning to ratchet up the pressure on Congress to pass controversial immigration-reform measures, but critics fear the changes are already being made without lawmakers' consent.

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  More than 2,400 convicted aliens rounded up

  U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement on Tuesday said more than 2,400 convicted criminal aliens and immigration fugitives were arrested in May in a seven-day targeted "Cross Check" enforcement operation as part of what ICE called the Obama administration's "ongoing commitment to prioritizing the removal of criminal aliens that threaten public and national security."

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  Obama administration changes deportation focus

  Under fire for its stepped-up deportation program, the Obama administration said Friday it will take a number of steps intended to focus on criminal aliens and make it less likely illegal immigrants without convictions are deported.

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  Olympic satire 'Twenty Twelve' hits close to home

  The broken clock had perfect timing.

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  Agents focusing on criminal aliens arrest 130

  Federal agents arrested 130 illegal immigrants in Northern Virginia as part of the three-day sweep focusing on criminal aliens, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement said Wednesday.

• Nationwide gang sweep nets 678 in 168 cities

  A U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement-led task force has arrested 678 gang members and their associates from 133 different gangs during a nationwide sweep in 168 U.S. cities targeting gangs affiliated with drug-trafficking cartels in Mexico.

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