Court ruling a win for safe communities over sanctuary chaos

The Hill ^ | 5/14/2020 | tom homan

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As our nation continues to regain stability during the global pandemic, there was a news item recently that should encourage those seeking a return to law and order, process, and safe communities.

District Judge Michael E. Hegarty of the U.S. District Court of Colorado ruled on April 20 that the city of Denver will have to turn over personal and work addresses, emergency contact information, information about current criminal charges and address details from bond records of three illegal aliens who went through the city’s jail system.

Denver authorities had refused to comply with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detainers, and ICE took the unprecedented steps of issuing administrative subpoenas to demand vital information on the three criminal illegal aliens. Those individuals had all been arrested on serious criminal charges and ICE was seeking to detain them for possible deportation, but Denver refused to cooperate.

This District Court decision is the first great win for ICE’s new tactic of issuing administrative subpoenas to other law enforcement agencies because of non-cooperation.

In recent weeks, ICE has issued immigration subpoenas to authorities in New York City, Denver, San Diego, Connecticut and Oregon just to name a few — in an effort to force these sanctuary jurisdictions to provide critical information required to enforce immigration law. The subpoena authority they are using is a long-standing legal authority enacted by Congress as part of the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) § 235(d)(4)(B), 8 C.F.R. § 287.4(d).

Now ICE has to use that authority on local law enforcement entities who refuse to provide information about illegal aliens in their custody. Should law enforcement agencies neglect or refuse to respond to the subpoena, an immigration officer may contact the local U.S. Attorney’s Office for the district in which the subpoena was issued to seek an order

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All ICE subpoena’s should be accompanied by a US Attorney and 2 Agents to make the Arrest of the Officials.

[sevlex]

Shove it up the back-hole of Mayor Sugar & Players.

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Denver authorities had refused to comply with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detainers, and ICE took the unprecedented steps of issuing administrative subpoenas to demand vital information on the three criminal illegal aliens. Those individuals had all been arrested on serious criminal charges and ICE was seeking to detain them for possible deportation, but Denver refused to cooperate.