Tancredo questions illegals' 'sweetheart deals' 'How many times have ICE staff assisted in the obstruction of deportation laws?'

(Analyst's note:   Extremely troubling.  Only the American people can stop this growing corruption.)

from WorldNetDaily

A five-term congressman whose outspoken advocacy for secure national borders made him a target during his tenure in the U.S. House is charging that the government agency that is supposed to enforce the nation's immigration laws has been working to subvert them.

In a new column in WND today, former Rep. Tom Tancredo, R-Colo., cites what he calls the "persecution" of Immigrations and Customs Enforcement Agency Cory Voorhis, who was put on trial – and acquitted of charges – for revealing that Colorado

Gov. Bill Ritter, while a prosecutor, cut dozens, probably hundreds, of "sweetheart deals" for illegal immigrants.

"Voorhis went public in September 2006 with the facts about the plea bargaining practices of former Denver District Attorney Bill Ritter, who happened to also be a candidate for governor of Colorado," Tancredo wrote.

"During Ritter's tenure as Denver DA, 241 illegal aliens were given sweetheart deals for the explicit purpose of helping them minimize the risk of deportation. Some of them went on to commit other, more serious crimes, and when one of those cases was made public with Voorhis' help, he was targeted for criminal investigation at the behest of the Ritter for Governor campaign," Tancredo said. ....