by Michael Volpe
Prisons in Santa Clara County, Calif., are saying no to Immigration and Customs Enforcement and it’s leading to some embarrassing high profile incidents, including the arrests by federal agents of 63 illegal immigrants shortly after the county set them free.
As part of an ordinance passed last November, ICE agents are barred from all Santa Clara County prison facilities.
WND previously was told by a Santa Clara County official that there have been no high-profile embarrassing incidents as a result of the ordinance.
But federal officials are reporting ICE agents arrested 63 people – all with ICE detainers that had been ignored by Santa Clara County – in just one recent raid.
The San Jose Mercury News recently described the federal agency’s snub of county plans, saying, “In an apparent end-around Santa Clara County’s new immigration policy, federal agents [swept] into the South Bay last week, arrested 63 undocumented residents recently released from jail and now are seeking to deport them.”
The report said, “The action comes two months after the county enacted a sweeping policy to reduce its role in aiding the federal deportation effort, and provoked outrage among community activists.”
Among those detained in the raids, ICE released the descriptions of four especially bad players, including:
“A Mexican national convicted earlier this year of felony possession of heroin for sale who was sentenced to six months in prison.”
“A 49-year-old male Mexican national convicted in 2011 of child molestation.”
“A 29-year-old male Mexican national with prior convictions for kidnapping and cocaine possession.”
“A 48-year-old woman from Mexico with 13 aliases who has prior felony convictions for forgery and misuse of an entry document. Having been removed from the United States five times, she now faces federal prosecution for felony re-entry after deportation.”
It was in November of 2011 when the Santa Clara County Board passed a plan that largely mirrored legislation passed in Cook County, Ill. Ostensibly, the legislation ended each county’s cooperation with the process of ICE detainers.
read more: http://www.wnd.com/2012/02/63-illegals-arrested-after-county-sets-them-free/
Prisons in Santa Clara County, Calif., are saying no to Immigration and Customs Enforcement and it’s leading to some embarrassing high profile incidents, including the arrests by federal agents of 63 illegal immigrants shortly after the county set them free.
As part of an ordinance passed last November, ICE agents are barred from all Santa Clara County prison facilities.
WND previously was told by a Santa Clara County official that there have been no high-profile embarrassing incidents as a result of the ordinance.
But federal officials are reporting ICE agents arrested 63 people – all with ICE detainers that had been ignored by Santa Clara County – in just one recent raid.
The San Jose Mercury News recently described the federal agency’s snub of county plans, saying, “In an apparent end-around Santa Clara County’s new immigration policy, federal agents [swept] into the South Bay last week, arrested 63 undocumented residents recently released from jail and now are seeking to deport them.”
The report said, “The action comes two months after the county enacted a sweeping policy to reduce its role in aiding the federal deportation effort, and provoked outrage among community activists.”
Among those detained in the raids, ICE released the descriptions of four especially bad players, including:
“A Mexican national convicted earlier this year of felony possession of heroin for sale who was sentenced to six months in prison.”
“A 49-year-old male Mexican national convicted in 2011 of child molestation.”
“A 29-year-old male Mexican national with prior convictions for kidnapping and cocaine possession.”
“A 48-year-old woman from Mexico with 13 aliases who has prior felony convictions for forgery and misuse of an entry document. Having been removed from the United States five times, she now faces federal prosecution for felony re-entry after deportation.”
It was in November of 2011 when the Santa Clara County Board passed a plan that largely mirrored legislation passed in Cook County, Ill. Ostensibly, the legislation ended each county’s cooperation with the process of ICE detainers.
read more: http://www.wnd.com/2012/02/63-illegals-arrested-after-county-sets-them-free/
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