Posted on 02/01/2017 11:21:43 AM PST by jazusamo
The Multnomah County Sheriff's Office is conducting an internal investigation into whether county policies were violated when immigration agents arrested a man at an appointment with sheriff's deputies, a spokesman said.
The man was arrested Dec. 21 when he went to the Multnomah County Justice Center for a required appointment with sheriff's deputies, said his lawyer, Kasia Rutledge. He was required to meet with the deputies once a week as a condition for his pre-trial release, Rutledge said.
Rutledge declined to identify the man, citing confidentiality issues. She could not say what he was charged with, she said.
Deputies originally told the man he could come in any time Dec. 21, but they later called back to ask him to come in at 10 a.m., Rutledge said.
When he arrived, immigration agents arrested him, she said.
Rutledge suspects sheriff's officials notified immigration authorities of her client's appointment.
"ICE would have never known when or where he was supposed to be otherwise," she said.
Rutledge's client was awaiting trial and had not been convicted of a crime, she said. He in the process of getting his citizenship, she said.
He is now in a federal detention center in Tacoma and will likely be deported, Rutledge said.
Lt. Chad Gaidos, a Multnomah County Sheriff's Office spokesman, said the sheriff's office is aware of the case and is investigating for any policy violations.
Gaidos declined to comment further on the specifics of the incident, citing the open investigation.
Sheriff Mike Reese has directed all staff, if immigration authorities contact them, to not release any more information or access than would be provided to the general public, according to a staff memo obtained by The Oregonian/OregonLive. Any requests for more information or access should be routed to the sheriff's records division, the memo said.
Reese has said the sheriff's office does not use agency resources or personnel to enforce federal immigration law and does not hold people on ICE detainers.
Reports of an immigration crackdown at Multnomah County Courthouse prompted condemnation from defense attorneys and a joint statement this weekend from Portland leaders expressing "grave concern" about the resulting fear.
Multnomah County and Portland leaders said last week that they are committed to remaining sanctuary jurisdictions for undocumented immigrants.
Can’t the Feds arrest people refusing to follow the immigration laws?
Maybe cause to remove them from their posts?
Lawyer hiding a criminal. Nice.
Local jackass sheriff vs Federal ICE. If I was the sheriff I would be careful and shut up.
December 21st!?
This happened under OBAMA!
Can we hit the streets now to protest him?
I’m looking forward to President Trump cutting federal funds to all sanctuary cities, counties and the state of California if they do indeed become a sanctuary state.
I actually feel sorry for the scum the Portland police have to deal with. Damned if you do, damned if you don’t.
There is a lot of info missing. If he was actually “in the process of getting his citizenship” as his lawyer stated, why would ICE arrest him?
To get naturalized citizenship, you have to be a legal resident first, ICE isn’t in the habit of attempting to deport legal residents until after conviction of a crime and completion of a sentence.
I suspect either the lawyer or the reporter are modifying the facts to fit a more acceptable narrative.
There’s definitely some info missing. ICE would not have arrested him and sent him the Tacoma detention center for probable deportation unless he really messed up.
Let me just assure everyone. This obstruction of justice of the capture and deportation of criminal aliens will soon be stopping. The feds are going to slap a hair lip on one of these obstructing officials and the rest will run like rats . These so called “officials “ are violating criminal law— the same law that the media and the liberals accused Nixon of committing ( falsely) called OBSTRUCTION OF JUSTICE. Jeff Sessions in coming and these sanctuary cities are going down hard. I am warning these official they better lawyer up for personal arrests and indictments for obstruction and conspiracy to commit obstruction of justice.All the requisite elements of violations are clearly there. You do NOT screw with Federal law enforcement.
Pre-trial release for what charges?
“I’m looking forward to President Trump cutting federal funds to all sanctuary cities, counties and the state of California if they do indeed become a sanctuary state.”
California has already fallen, as has Connecticut, New Mexico and Colorado.
Source: http://cis.org/Sanctuary-Cities-Map
They want to protect illegals from being taken into custody by federal government agents but they don’t protect legal citizens in the same way.
Not that either one should be harbored from legal action.
But why treat illegals better than their own citizens?
Was the perp a child molester, too?
The bad part is ....now Kasia can’t get paid
Sounds like a sex offender case.
Ha...Poor Kasia. :)
He had a Woman lawyer. Sounds he was released by agreeing to a lesser charge which sprung him. This was a sex crime no doubt.
Portland is full of pedophiles. It’s disgusting. Now they want to protect foreign pedophiles.
Portland used to be a nice city. Now it has turned into a liberal trash bin and is one only 3 counties in Oregon that went for Hillary.
Trump won the rest of Oregon.
No one with any brains lives anywhere near that psycholiberal sh!thole anymore.
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