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Tuesday, February 13, 2018

ACLU Sues Feds over ICE Arrests in Oregon Courthouses

The American Civil Liberties Union in Oregon filed a lawsuit against the federal government this past week challenging the presence of immigration deportation officers at courthouses in the state.

Breitbart Texas reported on February 2 that the head of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) issued a directive ordering ICE officers to target criminal aliens appearing in courthouses.

U.S. Acting ICE Director Thomas Homan signed the order on January 10.

Director Homan wrote in the directive to law enforcement officials:

"Federal, state, and local law enforcement officials routinely engage in enforcement activity in courthouses throughout the country because many individuals appearing in courthouses for one matter are wanted for unrelated criminal or civil violations."

Homan continued, “ICE’s enforcement activities in these same courthouses are wholly consistent with longstanding law enforcement practices, nationwide.”

“And, courthouse arrests are often necessitated by the unwillingness of jurisdictions to cooperate with ICE in the transfer of custody of aliens from their prisons and jails,” the ICE acting director added. Homan says the refusal by local police officials in sanctuary jurisdictions to comply with detainers endangers ICE officers and the community.

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2 comments:

Anonymous said...

When did Americans become the enemy in America?
Who believes that the interests of Americans citizens are best served by non-Americans?

lmclain said...

WHEN did arresting criminals become dependent on their location?
It never did for any American, that's for sure.
I say if you get caught in the USA after already being deported, you just get shot on the spot. Its better than THEM shooting YOU on the spot (which happens every day)
We shouldn't have to tell you twice that you don't belong here.
Put 5000 volunteer citizens on the Mexican border with rifles and orders to kill anything that comes across the river.
I'm getting sick of ILLEGAL criminals TELLING us what to do and actually saying "We fight back!". Really?
I can't wait for that fight. It should fix the immigration issue for a while.