JB VanHollen for Attorney General

Illegal Immigration

Supporting law enforcement also means listening. As Attorney General Van Hollen travels the state no issue is raised more often than illegal immigration.
 
While federal law enforcement largely has jurisdiction over illegal immigration issues, J.B. Van Hollen has instructed the Department of Justice to take a new approach and role to combat crimes by illegal aliens and expedite their deportation.

Since becoming Attorney General,  J.B. Van Hollen took the lead in particpating in coordinated immigration enforcement activities with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE):
  • This new intiative is designed to take more criminal illegal immigrants off the streets.
  • The Department of Justice (DOJ) is deepening its relationship with ICE to enforce criminal laws against illegal immigrants who are involved in drugs and gangs, who illegally re-enter the country, and who terrorize our communities. 
  • The Attorney General's office published and disseiminated a legal guide to assist local law enforcement with handling the legal status of immigrants and how best to coordinate their efforts with ICE. 
  • The DOJ is encouraging all Wisconsin sheriffs to make a citizenship inquiry at every booking of suspected criminals.
Attorney General Van Hollen is in negotiations with with ICE to expand the Department of Justice's role in illegal immigration enforcement.

"The identification and arrest of illegal aliens who organize and are members of criminal street gangs must be a top priority of all law enforcement. The success of this operation speaks for itself. These street criminals are now out of Wisconsin neighborhoods and off the streets"

Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen
June 12, 2008 (in reference to an arrest of eight suspected criminal immigrants)

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