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Border Patrol's Website Offers Advice On Eluding ... Border Patrol
Immigrants who want to enter the U.S. illegally can learn how and where to avoid the Border Patrol from an advi- sory on the agency's own website, which critics say is evi- dence of the Obama administration's "schizophrenic" approach to enforce- ment.
Safety and sanctu- ary can generally be found at schools, churches, hospitals and protests, where Customs and Border Protection agents are barred under a "sensitive locations policy" from carrying out their duty of enforcing border security. In fact, the agency’s website states that actions at such locations can only be undertaken in an emergency or with a supervisor’s approval.
“The policies are meant to ensure that ICE and CBP officers and agents exercise sound judg- ment when enforcing federal law at or focused on sensitive locations, to enhance the public understanding and trust, and to ensure that peo- ple seeking to partici- pate in activities or uti- lize services provided at any sensitive location are free to do so, with- out fear or hesitation,” the government website states in both English and Spanish.
While the explanation is apparently meant to show the deference Customs and Border Protection agents show to sensitive societal institutions, critics, including the Media Research Center, say it also tells illegal border crossers where to go if they are being pursued. Agents are barred from interviewing, searching or arresting suspected
ille- gal immigrants in such
locations.
“So, almost any illegal alien can escape arrest by either walking with a second person (a march), attending some type of class, or finding a nearby church, med- ical facility or school bus stop,” the Center wrote in a post bringing the advisory to light.
A “Frequently Asked Questions” section explains in detail what the Customs and Border Patrol’s parent agency, the Department of Homeland Security, con- siders safe zones for illegal immigrants.
• Schools, such as known and licensed day cares, pre-schools and other early learning pro- grams; primary schools; secondary schools; post-secondary schools up to and including col- leges and universities; as well as scholastic or education-related activi- ties or events, and school bus stops that are marked and/or known to the officer, dur- ing periods when school children are present at the stop;
• Medical treatment and
health care facilities, such as
hospitals, doctors’ offices, accredited health clinics, and emer- gent or urgent care facil- ities;
• Places of worship, such as churches, syna- gogues, mosques, and temples;
• Religious or civil cere- monies or observances, such as funerals and weddings;
• During public demon- stration, such as a march, rally, or parade.
Critics of the Obama administration’s immi- gration policies have long complained that it undermines the mission of border enforcement by imposing rules on agents that they say leave them unable to do their jobs.
“This administration has systematically and mali- ciously attacked and deconstructed all phas- es of border enforce- ment,” said Dan Stein, president of Federation for American Immigration Reform. “It’s to the point now where virtually nobody has to go home. ICE is no longer carrying out its
core mission, of finding, identify- ing and removing illegal aliens from the country.
“Agents are in a state of despair,” Stein added. “They are being turned into nursemaids, chaperones and bus drivers.”
Telling people suspected of breaking the law where they can seek refuge makes no sense, said Jessica Vaughan, direc- tor of policy stud-
ies for the Center for Immigration Studies.
“It's schizophrenic," Vaughan said. "What the Obama administration has done is to create sanctuaries for illegal aliens and to publicize them. That is fine for a social welfare agency, but not for a law enforcement agency. No law enforcement agency would ever want to broadcast where law- breakers can go to be shielded from the conse- quences of their actions.”
The site does say the “sensitive locations poli- cy” does not apply to places directly along the border, but warns its own agents that if they plan to move on a sus- pect in such a location near the border they “are expected to exer- cise sound judgment and common sense while taking appropriate action, consistent with the goals of this policy.”
The CBP website also provides a toll-free num- ber and email address to allow illegal immi- grants to report possible violations of the “sensi- tive locations” policy.
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