Posted on 03/07/2018 12:05:44 PM PST by jazusamo
An illegal immigrant suspected of a fatal hit-and-run is avoiding Immigration and Customs Enforcement thanks to the Denver Sheriff's Department. The suspect was driving his pickup truck when he collided with a semi-truck earlier this week. The semi-truck driver died after the vehicle caught fire, and the pickup driver fled the scene.
After the driver was taken into custody in Denver, he was found to be an illegal immigrant, 26-year-old Ivan Zamarripa-Castaneda. ICE wants him for potential deportation, but the Denver Sheriff's office is refusing to comply with the agency. Instead of cooperating, the sheriff's office said it wants a warrant. The problem is, obtaining a federal warrant for each individual is "extremely time consuming" and something ICE just "doesn't have the resources for,” considering they send out thousands of detainers on a daily basis, ICE Spokesman Carl Rusnok explained.
“By ICE taking custody of these individuals, we actually help improve public safety by taking these criminal aliens off the streets and ultimately removing them to their country of origin,” he added.
Thanks to Denver's noncompliance, however, if Zamarripa-Castaneda posts his $25,000 bond, he’s a free man until his next court date.
The Denver Sheriff's Department, it turns out, stopped honoring detainer requests back in 2014. They have plenty of company. Perhaps no state has done more to spit in ICE's face than California. Last week, Oakland, California Mayor Libby Schaaf even encouraged "undocumented citizens" to evade the immigration authorities. In a social media post, she warned the community that ICE agents were planning a raid in the next 24 hours. Her heads up very well may have allowed hundreds of individuals to flee, because when ICE showed up , they found only 232 of the 864 illegal immigrants that were supposedly living there.
By the way, 115 of the 232 detained individuals were found to have "serious or violent" criminal records.
The Trump administration sued California for its insubordination Wednesday. Attorney General Jeff Sessions followed up the announcement with a speech targeted at the officials who continue to encourage dangerous sanctuary city policies.
"How dare you," he warned the likes of Schaaf.
Illegals released by cities should sleep under the mayor’s roof for at least one night.
Arrest, indict, try, convict, sentence and hang the traitorous officials of the Denver Sheriff’s Department for giving aid and comfort to the enemy.
Charge the cities and the mayors with the illegals’ crimes and penalties.
Charge the cities and the mayors with the illegals’ crimes and penalties.
“Ridiculous that these libtards won’t cooperate with ICE.”
They KNOW they are at war with America.
A few frog marches with officials engaged in obstruction of justice and/or accessory to crimes will see this criminal behavior cease.
Michael Hancock. Libtard Mayor with the IQ of a pencil and the morals of a Clinton. (Currently doing a good job of outlasting the fact that he’s a known user of prostitutes.)
Denver Police have voted non confidence in his police chief.
Of course, we’ll not mention his race.
Or that of the police chief.
Oh other news, you can take a bodacious Obama on the streets of this once beautiful city and not be arrested. (Denver City Council loves the homeless.)
War with liberals. Not if, but when.
It’s a rebellion.
The SJWs need to be treated as lawbreakers.
Thanks, a nest of vipers comes to mind.
The POS “sheriff” should be arrested by the U.S. Marshals.
If this is an accurate description then I would like to know why ICE does not think it appropriate to obtain arrest warrants for individuals they wish to arrest. I refuse to believe that there is not some way for them to develop and expedited process for obtaining warrants in cases where ICE need to take custody of an illegal alien who has been arrested by state or local authorities.
They don’t care because the worst that will happen to them is Sleepy Sessions will send them a sternly worded letter and then go back to sleep.
Isn’t that aiding and abetting???
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the Denver Sheriff’s office is refusing to comply with the agency. Instead of cooperating, the sheriff’s office said it wants a warrant.
Sounds like a Challenge!! Empanel a Grand Jury and INDICT HIM FOR giving Aid and Harbor to Illegal ALiens and Alien Smuggling, come back with a Warrant for THE SHERIFF”S ARREST!!!
why ICE does not think it appropriate to obtain arrest warrants for individuals they wish to arrest.
Probably the main reason is, they are NOT REQUIRED TO!!! ANY Person in the country illegally is subject to arrest and deportation, NO warrant necessary.
this does not alleviate the the Criminal Liability of State Officials who All know this. They should ALL Be Arrested and Prosecuted by the US Attorneys Office today.
DOJ could set up specific tribunals and rotate appointed judges to hear these requests daily. But Sessions won’t. He’s too busy chasing potheads in Denver than the illegals roaming 16th Street Marketplace, or elsewhere
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