On May 3, 2011, the chief of police in Beaver Meadows, Pa., stopped a man for speeding. The driver spoke no English, so a translator was called. He didn’t know his address. He had no job. Yet he had $3,000 in cash in his pockets. He had two state-issued cards — in different names — that allowed him to access taxpayer-funded welfare. He admitted he was in the United States illegally — and had been for six years.

When the chief called Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials so they could issue a detainer, they refused. ICE instead ordered the illegal alien to be released.

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