hypocritexposer
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Now that there are no illegals to round up, I guess ICE can move to other duties. Helping out the big movie corporations seems to be what they've chosen.
Maybe one of our Libs can explain how arresting illegals is "misdirected", but using immigration resources to round up movie counterfeiters is not?
http://www.ice.gov/pi/nr/1006/100630losangeles.htm
Maybe one of our Libs can explain how arresting illegals is "misdirected", but using immigration resources to round up movie counterfeiters is not?
LOS ANGELES - U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York (SDNY) announced the launch Wednesday of "Operation In Our Sites," a new initiative aimed at Internet counterfeiting and piracy.
In the first action carried out as part of the initiative, authorities executed seizure warrants against nine domain names of Web sites that were offering first-run movies, often within hours of their theatrical release. Seven of those sites were targeted for seizure by the SDNY. Agents from ICE's Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) also seized assets from 15 bank, Paypal, investment and advertising accounts, and executed four residential search warrants in several states.
ICE Assistant Secretary John Morton, joined on a Los Angeles soundstage by senior representatives from major movie studios, entertainment unions and the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA), made clear that the theft of such intellectual property is a serious crime and one the U.S. government has made a priority combating.
http://www.ice.gov/pi/nr/1006/100630losangeles.htm