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The true story of a dedicated deportation officer and his exposé of the worst aspects of U.S. immigration policy

“We have an immigration crisis in our country, all right, and it is a good deal more demonstrably wrong than the millions of illegal immigrants in the shadows. It is costlier to the fabric of American life than the September 11 attacks were. Illogical, deadly, ruinous. Yet none of our leaders is raising a finger to stop it. On the contrary, it is our leaders who drive the destruction.”
—Ames Holbrook, from The Deporter

As one of fewer than six hundred elite Deportation Officers in the country, Ames Holbrook was assigned to the criminal mecca of New Orleans. He was charged with capturing and expelling some of the most wretched murderers, rapists, and child molesters who were aliens in the United States.

But Holbrook was thwarted at nearly every turn . . . by the same U.S. government that employed him. Why? The reasons will shock and infuriate you.

In the course of his compelling story, you will read the truth about how foreign governments treat the United States when agents such as Holbrook try to send criminal aliens back to their homelands. And, even more appalling, how Washington’s political hypocrisy forces the direct release of these criminals into unsuspecting American communities.

Like every U.S. Deportation Officer, Ames Holbrook tried to make America safer. Then, when America’s leadership threatened the welfare of innocents, Holbrook rewrote the rules. He won commendations and increased responsibility for his promising results, but all the while, he was fighting a losing battle against the political powers that masqueraded as protectors while actually inflicting tragedy on America’s residents.

It is Holbrook’s hope that the revelations in these pages might put America on a path to a safer future.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #231699 in Books
• Published on: 2007-10-04
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Hardcover
• 256 pages

From Publishers Weekly
Former U.S. deportation agent Holbrook describes his job (a combination of policeman, lawyer and diplomat) in this unsettling memoir. Among its revelations is that America routinely releases illegal aliens who have committed crimes in the U.S. when the criminal fails to confirm his nationality with an official document and foreign consuls won't cooperate. (Cuba, Vietnam and Laos refuse to accept criminal deportees, while China, India, Egypt, all former U.S.S.R. nations and many others simply stall or insist there's no evidence for that person's citizenship.) Holbrook also reveals tricks he invented to deport the worst offenders that would have gotten him fired if discovered. For example, countries show less reluctance with lesser criminals, so in the case of a convicted murderer who also trespassed, he might only mention the trespass. Holbrook stresses that Bush administration officials could force nations to take back their murderers, rapists, thieves or child abusers, but choose not to; nor does the government prevent them from being released back into American communities after they have served their prison time or a portion of it, but deportation has been thwarted. This engrossing but disturbing book may impel some readers to action. (Oct. 4)
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Review
“Not unlike Dirty Harry, this dedicated, flawed agent earns our sympathy, if not our unqualified approval. A penetrating, street-level view of an infinitely depressing and growing problem.”
–Kirkus Reviews

“As a congressman who is constantly exposed to tales of government incompetence regarding border control, I am rarely shocked. However, after reading The Deporter, I am once again reminded of the state of disarray our borders are in. This is a fascinating read.”
–Rep. Tom Tancredo (R-Colo.)

About the Author
Ames Holbrook was a federal deportation officer from 1998 to 2002, based in New Orleans. Previously, he served in the U.S. Army with a special weapons team in Italy and then with the 3rd Infantry Division in Germany. He now writes full time.

Customer Reviews

Struggling against the treason of the Supreme Court and the State Department
The illegals' countries simply refuse to take them back. Instead of squeezing the countries, our government says, "Okay, we'll keep them." The Supreme Court says, "You can't imprison them longer than six months." So, they are returned to the streets of America to kill again, rape again, steal identities again, etc. "Every business day," as this book tells us.

So, some cities don't even bother to arrest them. "Don't ask, don't tell" is the rule. Some cities regard illegal immigrants as golden and have a policy of not arresting them (these are the sanctuary cities).

How did this organized insanity come about? What is wrong with the minds of so many American citizens, politicians, journalists, etc.? If you really want to know, read While America Sleeps: How Islam, Immigration and Indoctrination Are Destroying America From Within.

This is a well-written book. Well-organized, tightly constructed. It is nonfiction. It is not a thriller novel, so don't expect over-the-top heroes.

Holbrook is to be commended for having bent the rules for the greater good of ridding this countries of violent criminals.

Stories from the front line of our broken immigration and deportation system
Stories from the front lines are interesting because they involve action rather than policy and theory. In addition to fighting the bad guys, the front line soldiers and officers also provide stories about frustrations, bosses that supported them, and bosses that got in the way. Isn't this the pattern of every police movie you have ever seen?

The difference here is that Ames Holbrook was a real Deportation Officer. He tells us about the way he and his peers went about deporting criminals who were also illegal immigrants. The shocking part of the book is the policies surrounding what happens to these criminals when their home country won't take them. They go back to prison, right? No! They are RELEASED! Yep, they are set free even though they have years and decades left on their criminal sentence. These criminals know how to work the system and play it like artists. You need to read this book just to understand this point. The prison doesn't want them back because they are already overcrowded and the current policies from our elected officials and their bureaucrats won't allow the immigration folks to hold them. So, they go free. And laugh at us while returning to prey on our citizens.

The author tells us his proud successes such as the work he did with the Chinese, how he worked the prisoners, and how he went outside the rules to trick the relevant foreign governments to take their citizens back. Since he is a person who values honesty, law, and truth, the years of bending and breaking the rules to get things done despite the bureaucracy took their toll and he decided to leave his job. Why he now lives in Thailand he does not say and I am somewhat mystified by it.

Tales from the frontline are important to fill in the realities at the edges of the big picture, but they also distort it if it is all you see. The foot soldier never knows exactly where he fits in to things and what the larger considerations are. However, he knows first hand what the big picture costs in blood and human loss. Since the media never gives us the kinds of stories we get here, this is a good read to pick up another reality of our broken immigration (and deportation) system.

Reviewed by Craig Matteson, Ann Arbor, MI

Another good book on a related subject:

The Reaper's Line: Life and Death on the Mexican Border

Completely gripping...
I'm not sure what I was expecting when I picked up this book. Certainly not such a gripping and emotional tale of shocking truths so close to home. The story was easy to read but never dull. Every moment was so rich with detail that at times I felt like I was watching a movie. Even now I'm not sure what to say. The story left me speechless. Bruno's review hits in on the head for me. I would highly recommend this book to anyone. In fact, I bought each my brothers one for Christmas. If you're looking for an intense but quick read with an everyday hero this is defintely the book for you.