first of fox: The House Judiciary Committee is asking the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to produce documents related to numerous illegal immigrants accused of serious crimes in the United States, requested by Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas. It accused the company of “unacceptable” failure to comply.
Chairman Jim Jordan sent a letter to Secretary Mayorkas again requesting the submission of “A-files,” or documents, including alien files and other immigration documents. Some of the requests date back to October, but have not yet been fulfilled.
“The committee previously sent a letter [DHS] “It targets a variety of documents and information, including the creation of the Alien File (A-File) and related immigration case information for several individuals who are identified as criminal illegal aliens,” said subcommittee Chairman Tom McClintock. said the senators, including Ben Klein and Ben Klein. DHS did not respond to the committee’s request that day. ”
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House Judiciary Chairman Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) listens as Attorney General Merrick Garland appears during a House Judiciary Committee hearing on Wednesday, September 20, 2023, at the Capitol in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
Among those requested is Diego Ibarra, a Venezuelan national and brother of the man accused of killing 22-year-old Georgia nursing student Laken Riley. Although Ibarra had Tren de Aragua-related tattoos, he was released and temporarily placed in an alternative detention facility. He has also been implicated in other crimes such as drunk driving and shoplifting.
Other documents include: Daniel Hernandez Martinezis accused of attacking a stranger and two police officers in New York City within months of arriving in the United States.
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Lawmakers also sought documents from Pierre Lecard Emile, an illegal Haitian immigrant who was charged with raping a developmentally disabled person and released onto the streets of Boston despite being detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). ing. He had been released to the United States with a notice to appear after an encounter at the border in December 2022.
Others on the list include a Venezuelan man arrested in Virginia for assaulting a 14-year-old girl and released in September, an undocumented immigrant accused of stabbing a neighbor and her brother, and a man who tested positive for blood. This includes Colombians who were found to be A Haitian national has been placed on a terrorist watchlist and arrested in connection with the assault of a 15-year-old girl.
Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas spoke at the Capitol on Wednesday, April 10th. (AP/Mark Schiefelbein)
They also requested files on a group of Venezuelans accused of assaulting two New York police officers near Times Square. Jordan said the production deadline for the request had passed two months ago.
“DHS’s failure to provide the requested documents to the committee is unacceptable and prevents the committee from fulfilling its constitutional oversight duties,” Jordan said. He warned that this could lead to legal action.
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This is one of many document requests from the committee. In February, Jordan subpoenaed documents related to the migrant surge and the removal of bellows wire in Eagle Pass, Texas, in September.
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DHS rejected claims that it did not respond to Congress’ request. DHS officials provided more than 75 witnesses in more than 50 hearings, 20 staff members participated in transcribing interviews, and provided more than 28,000 pages of documents in response to lawmakers’ letters. He said he did. He also responded to more than 1,400 Congressional letters.
“These requests are incredibly time-consuming,” a DHS official told FOX on Monday. “The files can be thousands of pages long and typically contain a wide range of information, including confidential law enforcement information that could jeopardize ongoing investigations, personal information about junior DHS employees, and attorney client information. must be edited.”
