COLUMBUS — Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost is demanding that President Joe Biden and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) reinstate Operation Talon, a nationwide operation to remove convicted sex offenders who are in the country illegally.
Yost, along with the attorneys general from Arizona, North Dakota and Wyoming, sent President Biden a letter calling for reinstatement of the program following news reports that the operation had been terminated.
“Deport convicted alien sex offenders. That’s what Operation Talon was supposed to do and President Biden shut it down,” Yost said. “Inconceivable!”
Yost’s letter is similar to the one 18 attorneys general sent President Biden last week calling for the reinstatement of Operation Talon.
In the letter signed by Yost, and others, it says:
“Our objection to your shift in policy is simple: Sexual violence is a unique form of exploitation.
“The harm it does to its victims cannot, and should not, be equated to any other category of offense. Those who commit, and have been convicted of, acts of sexual violence forfeit certain rights and opportunities. For individuals who are not lawfully present in the United States, one of the things that should be forfeited is the right to remain here.
“For the safety and security of our citizens, we call upon you to reverse this unwise and unsafe decision.”
