Posted on 04/22/2014 6:52:49 PM PDT by massmike
While Homeland Security is reconsidering their position on deporting illegal criminals with ‘trivial’ crimes, Maryland’s Governor O’Malley has taken it one step further. He announced that the Baltimore City Detention Center will no longer comply with a federal policy that requires the jail to detain illegal immigrants for deportation.
O’Malley said the Detention Center will now consider the severity of the charges a person is facing when reviewing I.C.E. requests to hold immigrants through the ‘Secure Communities’ program. The federal program ‘Secure Communities’ was intended to catch and deport dangerous criminals by coordinating with local jails.
We are a government of law and the ‘Rule of Law’ is a system in which a society adopts or maintains a set of good, just, and fair laws by which it and its government will be governed. Why is the law not equally applied?
Political affiliation and how well connected you are to the regime in charge can have a direct bearing on whether you’re prosecuted for breaking the law and how serious the penalty will be. (FYI: Governor O’Malley was appointed to the Council of Governors by President Obama).
As Governor O’Malley speaks of building “a body of work that lays the framework of the candidacy for 2016,” one can clearly surmise he will be nothing more than another Obama.
This ass makes Cuomo seem like William F Buckley.
all political power comes out of the barrel of a gun (Mao)
These jackholes are not going to like the results of these actions. THE LAW is only THE LAW if the populace follows it. I hope to god almighty that there is a day in the not too distant future when millions of small business owners just decide not to pay their taxes. When that happens, I’m in. 100%
Just say you’re following the Mark O’Malley Rules/laws.
“”He announced that the Baltimore City Detention Center will no longer comply with a federal policy that requires the jail to detain illegal immigrants for deportation.””
Who does he think he is?? Obama, Bundy, Reid??
The Gov is following an Oregon court decision from last week. The court ruled that it’s illlegal for the jail to hold prisoners without an arrest warrant. The informal request from ICE didn’t cut it legally. Leave it to ICE to delay the warrants.
2014 is shaping up to be the year that America is really coming apart at the seams.
The rule of law has become meaningless.
Bump
IF a crime is so trivial that it doesn't justify deporting someone who should be deported for their illegal presence alone, the "trivial crime" shouldn't be a crime at all. We have too many unnecessary laws, and the ones that are not worth enforcing should be repealed.
Beware fellow Freepers that O’Malley is hot to become President. He has raised various taxes here in Md EIGHTY times
He is intellectually dishonest in the extreme in my opinion
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