Homeland: News Briefing and Susan Walsh

homeland: The comments by Homeland Security spokesperson David Lapan at a news briefing come amid concerns by local officials that Immigration and Custom Enforcement agents are making arrests in courthouses, according to Toronto Star. They say that can deter some victims from reporting crimes or witnesses from co-operating in investigations. Susan Walsh / The Associated Press file photo By Alicia A. Caldwell The Associated Press Tues., April 4, 2017 WASHINGTON The U.S. Homeland Security Department said Tuesday it can't promise that immigrants in the United States illegally won't be arrested if they come forward to report they have been a victim of a crime or a witness to one. Lapan said some victims and witnesses themselves are potentially criminal immigrants who may pose a threat to the country or who have been ordered out of the United States before. Ten thousand of these visas are available annually. He noted there are special visas, known as U visas, for immigrants in the country illegally who are victims of certain crimes, including sexual assault and domestic violence. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.