"The Obama administration knowingly let in at least 16 admitted MS-13 gang members who arrived at the U.S. as illegal immigrant teenagers in 2014, a top senator said Wednesday, citing internal documents that showed the teens were shipped to juvenile homes throughout the country....
Mr. Johnson said the image of UAC as little children is misleading. Out of nearly 200,000 UAC apprehended between from 2012 to 2016, 68 percent were ages 15, 16 or 17 — meaning older teens. The majority were also male, making them targets for gang recruiting....
“The gangs surf the internet, building dossiers on potential recruits,” Montgomery County Police Chief Thomas Manger said.
He said that while local gangs kill over drug disputes, MS-13 kills because of perceived gang ties or to enforce discipline within the gang.
“The homicides related to MS-13, it’s just because we can, and we will and because of the fear that instills,” Chief Manger said.
MS-13 has also begun extorting money from local immigrant families and businesses, warning of reprisals to their families back home if those living here in the U.S. don’t pay up, Chief Manger said."
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/may/24/whistleblower-dhs-knowingly-let-ms-13-gang-members/
Mr. Johnson said the image of UAC as little children is misleading. Out of nearly 200,000 UAC apprehended between from 2012 to 2016, 68 percent were ages 15, 16 or 17 — meaning older teens. The majority were also male, making them targets for gang recruiting....
“The gangs surf the internet, building dossiers on potential recruits,” Montgomery County Police Chief Thomas Manger said.
He said that while local gangs kill over drug disputes, MS-13 kills because of perceived gang ties or to enforce discipline within the gang.
“The homicides related to MS-13, it’s just because we can, and we will and because of the fear that instills,” Chief Manger said.
MS-13 has also begun extorting money from local immigrant families and businesses, warning of reprisals to their families back home if those living here in the U.S. don’t pay up, Chief Manger said."
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/may/24/whistleblower-dhs-knowingly-let-ms-13-gang-members/