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   Illegal immigrant demonstrators were protesting outside the   
   White House on Monday – but don’t expect America’s immigration   
   officers to intervene.   
      
   An Immigration and Customs Enforcement official indicated that   
   even if the protesters end up getting arrested by D.C. police,   
   they’d have to be serious criminals for ICE to get involved.   
      
   “Unless the individuals meet ICE’s enforcement priorities, it’s   
   unlikely that the agency would get involved in the case,” the   
   official told FoxNews.com.   
      
   Under a policy that’s been in effect for several years, ICE   
   focuses deportation mostly on serious criminals and – in some   
   cases -- those caught in the act of crossing the border. The   
   agency prioritizes deportation for felons, repeat offenders,   
   gang members and others with a serious criminal record. But the   
   agency largely gives a pass to other undocumented residents.   
      
   This is why illegal immigrant activists can protest outside the   
   White House without worrying too much about ICE.   
      
   They did so at lunchtime on Monday, marching across Lafayette   
   Park to the White House and advocating a reprieve for illegal   
   immigrant parents who brought their children to the U.S. – and   
   whose children have benefited from a separate reprieve issued in   
   2012 by the Department of Homeland Security.   
      
   According to The Washington Times, illegal immigrant protesters   
   also planned to demonstrate outside the White House on Monday   
   afternoon, to call on immigration groups to boycott any   
   administration meetings until illegal immigrants are included in   
   those talks.   
      
   http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2014/07/28/illegal-immigrants-   
   protest-outside-white-house-with-little-fear-repercussions/   
      
       
      
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