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County Releases 37 After ICE Detainer Policy Goes Into Effect
KVUE ^ | 02/02/17 | Christy Millweard

Posted on 02/03/2017 6:30:37 AM PST by Enlightened1

TRAVIS COUNTY, TEXAS - The Travis County Jail released 37 undocumented immigrant inmates on bond Wednesday, inmates who under an old policy would have been held if requested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

Travis County Sheriff’s Spokeswoman Kristin Dark said there were 191 undocumented immigrant inmates under ICE detainer requests on Feb. 1, when Sheriff Sally Hernandez’s policy went into effect. ICE agents asked the county to detain five undocumented immigrants who were arrested Wednesday, but the sheriff’s office declined both requests under the new policy. The sheriff’s office also declined an ICE request to be informed when four other undocumented immigrants were released from the jail.

Hernandez’s new policy states it will comply with ICE detainer requests if the inmate is being held on murder, sex assault or human trafficking charges

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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Crime/Corruption; News/Current Events; US: Texas
KEYWORDS: abbott; aliens; governor; ice; sallyhernandez
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To: Enlightened1

I honestly don’t know how this is legal. Can someone explain to me why she shouldn’t be locked up?


21 posted on 02/03/2017 6:48:41 AM PST by RummyChick
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To: Enlightened1

NO taxpayer money to support illegals. NEVER.


22 posted on 02/03/2017 6:48:53 AM PST by LydiaLong
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To: tired&retired

.... Our community is safer when people can report crimes without fear of deportation....

That is a typical liberal Democrat smoke and mirrors deflecton, a weak attempt to justify their acts.
Just like they dropped “gun control” and changed it to
“gun safety.”
Just like when “global warming” failed, it changed to “climate change”


23 posted on 02/03/2017 6:49:06 AM PST by Sasparilla ( I'm Not tired of Winning)
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To: Enlightened1

And where exactly is the US Attorney for that area and the FBI??

LOCK HER UP!!

Federal Immigration and Nationality Act
Section 8 USC 1324(a)(1)(A)(iv)(b)(iii)

“Any person who . . . encourages or induces an alien to . . . reside . . . knowing or in reckless disregard of the fact that such . . . residence is . . . in violation of law, shall be punished as provided . . . for each alien in respect to whom such a violation occurs . . . fined under title 18 . . . imprisoned not more than 5 years, or both.”

Section 274 felonies under the federal Immigration and Nationality Act, INA 274A(a)(1)(A):

A person (including a group of persons, business, organization, or local government) commits a federal felony when she or he:

• assists an alien s/he should reasonably know is illegally in the U.S. or who lacks employment authorization, by transporting, sheltering, or assisting him or her to obtain employment, or

• encourages that alien to remain in the U.S. by referring him or her to an employer or by acting as employer or agent for an employer in any way, or

•knowingly assists illegal aliens due to personal convictions.

Penalties upon conviction include criminal fines, imprisonment, and forfeiture of vehicles and real property used to commit the crime. Anyone employing or contracting with an illegal alien without verifying his or her work authorization status is guilty of a misdemeanor. Aliens and employers violating immigration laws are subject to arrest, detention, and seizure of their vehicles or property. In addition, individuals or entities who engage in racketeering enterprises that commit (or conspire to commit) immigration-related felonies are subject to private civil suits for treble damages and injunctive relief.

Recruitment and Employment of Illegal Aliens

It is unlawful to hire an alien, to recruit an alien, or to refer an alien for a fee, knowing the alien is unauthorized to work in the United States. It is equally unlawful to continue to employ an alien knowing that the alien is unauthorized to work. Employers may give preference in recruitment and hiring to a U.S. citizen over an alien with work authorization only where the U.S. citizen is equally or better qualified. It is unlawful to hire an individual for employment in the United States without complying with employment eligibility verification requirements. Requirements include examination of identity documents and completion of Form I-9 for every employee hired. Employers must retain all I-9s, and, with three days’ advance notice, the forms must be made available for inspection. Employment includes any service or labor performed for any type of remuneration within the United States, with the exception of sporadic domestic service by an individual in a private home. Day laborers or other casual workers engaged in any compensated activity (with the above exception) are employees for purposes of immigration law. An employer includes an agent or anyone acting directly or indirectly in the interest of the employer. For purposes of verfication of authorization to work, employer also means an independent contractor, or a contractor other than the person using the alien labor. The use of temporary or short-term contracts cannot be used to circumvent the employment authorization verification requirements. If employment is to be for less than the usual three days allowed for completing the I-9 Form requirement, the form must be completed immediately at the time of hire.

An employer has constructive knowledge that an employee is an illegal unauthorized worker if a reasonable person would infer it from the facts. Constructive knowledge constituting a violation of federal law has been found where (1) the I-9 employment eligibility form has not been properly completed, including supporting documentation, (2) the employer has learned from other individuals, media reports, or any source of information available to the employer that the alien is unauthorized to work, or (3) the employer acts with reckless disregard for the legal consequences of permitting a third party to provide or introduce an illegal alien into the employer’s work force. Knowledge cannot be inferred solely on the basis of an individual’s accent or foreign appearance.

Actual specific knowledge is not required. For example, a newspaper article stating that ballrooms depend on an illegal alien work force of dance hostesses was held by the courts to be a reasonable ground for suspicion that unlawful conduct had occurred.

IT IS ILLEGAL FOR NONPROFIT OR RELIGIOUS ORGANIZATIONS to knowingly assist an employer to violate employment sanctions, REGARDLESS OF CLAIMS THAT THEIR CONVICTIONS REQUIRE THEM TO ASSIST ALIENS. Harboring or aiding illegal aliens is not protected by the First Amendment. It is a felony to establish a commercial enterprise for the purpose of evading any provision of federal immigration law. Violators may be fined or imprisoned for up to five years.

Encouraging and Harboring Illegal Aliens

It is a violation of law for any person to conceal, harbor, or shield from detection in any place, including any building or means of transportation, any alien who is in the United States in violation of law. HARBORING MEANS ANY CONDUCT THAT TENDS TO SUBSTANTIALLY FACILITATE AN ALIEN TO REMAIN IN THE U.S. ILLEGALLY. The sheltering need not be clandestine, and harboring covers aliens arrested outdoors, as well as in a building. This provision includes harboring an alien who entered the U.S. legally but has since lost his legal status.

An employer can be convicted of the felony of harboring illegal aliens who are his employees if he takes actions in reckless disregard of their illegal status, such as ordering them to obtain false documents, altering records, obstructing INS inspections, or taking other actions that facilitate the alien’s illegal employment. Any person who within any 12-month period hires ten or more individuals with actual knowledge that they are illegal aliens or unauthorized workers is guilty of felony harboring. It is also a felony to encourage or induce an alien to come to or reside in the U.S. knowing or recklessly disregarding the fact that the alien’s entry or residence is in violation of the law. This crime applies to any person, rather than just employers of illegal aliens. Courts have ruled that “encouraging” includes counseling illegal aliens to continue working in the U.S. or assisting them to complete applications with false statements or obvious errors. The fact that the alien is a refugee fleeing persecution is not a defense to this felony, since U.S. law and the UN Protocol on Refugees both require that a refugee must report to immigration authorities without delay upon entry to the U.S.

The penalty for felony harboring is a fine and imprisonment for up to five years. The penalty for felony alien smuggling is a fine and up to ten years’ imprisonment. Where the crime causes serious bodily injury or places the life of any person in jeopardy, the penalty is a fine and up to twenty years’ imprisonment. If the criminal smuggling or harboring results in the death of any person, the penalty can include life imprisonment. Convictions for aiding, abetting, or conspiracy to commit alien smuggling or harboring, carry the same penalties. Courts can impose consecutive prison sentences for each alien smuggled or harbored. A court may order a convicted smuggler to pay restitution if the alien smuggled qualifies as a victim under the Victim and Witness Protection Act. Conspiracy to commit crimes of sheltering, harboring, or employing illegal aliens is a separate federal offense punishable by a fine of up to $10,000 or five years’ imprisonment.

Enforcement

A person or entity having knowledge of a violation or potential violation of employer sanctions provisions may submit a signed written complaint to the INS office with jurisdiction over the business or residence of the potential violator, whether an employer, employee, or agent. The complaint must include the names and addresses of both the complainant and the violator, and detailed factual allegations, including date, time, and place of the potential violation, and the specific conduct alleged to be a violation of employer sanctions. By regulation, the INS will only investigate third-party complaints that have a reasonable probability of validity. Designated INS officers and employees, and all other officers whose duty it is to enforce criminal laws, may make an arrest for violation of smuggling or harboring illegal aliens.

State and local law enforcement officials have the general power to investigate and arrest violators of federal immigration statutes without prior INS knowledge or approval, as long as they are authorized to do so by state law. There is no extant federal limitation on this authority. The 1996 immigration control legislation passed by Congress was intended to encourage states and local agencies to participate in the process of enforcing federal immigration laws. Immigration officers and local law enforcement officers may detain an individual for a brief warrantless interrogation where circumstances create a reasonable suspicion that the individual is illegally present in the U.S. Specific facts constituting a reasonable suspicion include evasive, nervous, or erratic behavior; dress or speech indicating foreign citizenship; and presence in an area known to contain a concentration of illegal aliens. Hispanic appearance alone is not sufficient. Immigration officers and police must have a valid warrant or valid employer’s consent to enter workplaces or residences. Any vehicle used to transport or harbor illegal aliens, or used as a substantial part of an activity that encourages illegal aliens to come to or reside in the U.S. may be seized by an immigration officer and is subject to forfeiture. The forfeiture power covers any conveyances used within the U.S.

RICO — Citizen Recourse

Private persons and entities may initiate civil suits to obtain injunctions and treble damages against enterprises that conspire to or actually violate federal alien smuggling, harboring, or document fraud statutes, under the Racketeer-Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (RICO). The pattern of racketeering activity is defined as commission of two or more of the listed crimes. A RICO enterprise can be any individual legal entity, or a group of individuals who are not a legal entity but are associated in fact, AND CAN INCLUDE NONPROFIT ASSOCIATIONS.

Tax Crimes

Employers who aid or abet the preparation of false tax returns by failing to pay income or Social Security taxes for illegal alien employees, or who knowingly make payments using false names or Social Security numbers, are subject to IRS criminal and civil sanctions. U.S. nationals who have suffered intentional discrimination because of citizenship or national origin by an employer with more than three employees may file a complaint within 180 days of the discriminatory act with the Special Counsel for Immigration-Related Unfair Employment Practices, U.S. Department of Justice. In additon to the federal statutes summarized, state laws and local ordinances controlling fair labor practices, workers compensation, zoning, safe housing and rental property, nuisance, licensing, street vending, and solicitations by contractors may also apply to activities that involve illegal aliens.


24 posted on 02/03/2017 6:51:22 AM PST by eyeamok (destruction of government records.)
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To: Enlightened1

This isn’t just not assisting in enforcement of the law, it is obstruction


25 posted on 02/03/2017 6:51:51 AM PST by dila813 (Voting for Trump to Punish Trumpets!)
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To: RummyChick

There are numerous laws being violated here.. Arrest her and fire her ASAP. It will send a swift and direct message.


26 posted on 02/03/2017 6:52:33 AM PST by DrDude (To the Victor go the spoils! Kick A$$ Trump.)
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To: kabar

OK ya got me there, they kept their drunk arsed DA.


27 posted on 02/03/2017 6:53:16 AM PST by Dusty Road (")
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To: Enlightened1; All

Serious Question?

Hernandez’s new policy states it will comply with ICE detainer requests if the inmate is being held on murder, sex assault or human trafficking charges

By helping these Illegal Aliens to escape in to Society, isn’t she GUILTY of HUMAN TRAFFICKING????


28 posted on 02/03/2017 6:53:40 AM PST by eyeamok (destruction of government records.)
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To: Enlightened1

Interesting read, here.

https://www.nationallibertyalliance.org/countysheriff

The best way to deal with such a rogue sheriff is to allow the people to sue for damages when their policies cause irreparable harm.

Of course, that door swings both ways wrt “gun control” laws.


29 posted on 02/03/2017 6:54:09 AM PST by Westbrook (Children do not divide your love, they multiply it)
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To: Gaffer

“They cannot be allowed to pick and choose what federal laws they will and will not obey.”

Inertia. Their petulant god did this for eight years with impunity, and the tacit approval of ALL in the House of Representatives, and almost all Senators.


30 posted on 02/03/2017 6:59:49 AM PST by treetopsandroofs (Had FDR been GOP, there would have been no World Wars, just "The Great War" and "Roosevelt's Wars".)
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To: Enlightened1

This sheriff is in direct violation of the law. She should be arrested & prosecuted ASAP!!!


31 posted on 02/03/2017 7:00:40 AM PST by TheStickman (And their fear tastes like sunshine puked up by unicorns.)
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To: Enlightened1

Make it a criminal offense not to cooperate!


32 posted on 02/03/2017 7:02:00 AM PST by Petrosius
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To: treetopsandroofs

Yep.....the one, the imam, the prophet, the muslim sped with his balls on fire for 8 years and counted on a haggard evil husk to continue his legacy, and then they ran into that wall that would not move. And Trump was standing atop it.


33 posted on 02/03/2017 7:02:43 AM PST by Gaffer
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To: Dusty Road
I suspect she will be removed from office.

Travis County is populated by liberal loons!

34 posted on 02/03/2017 7:03:32 AM PST by ExSES (the "bottom-line")
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To: realcleanguy

Why not just arrest, arraign, try, and convict her...

1907. Title 8, U.S.C. 1324(a) Offenses

Title 8, U.S.C. § 1324(a) defines several distinct offenses related to aliens...

“Harboring — Subsection 1324(a)(1)(A)(iii) makes it an offense for any person who — knowing or in reckless disregard of the fact that an alien has come to, entered, or remains in the United States in violation of law, conceals harbors, or shields from detection, or attempts to conceal, harbor, or shield from detection, such alien in any place, including any building or any means of transportation.

Encouraging/Inducing — Subsection 1324(a)(1)(A)(iv) makes it an offense for any person who — encourages or induces an alien to come to, enter, or reside in the United States, knowing or in reckless disregard of the fact that such coming to, entry, or residence is or will be in violation of law.

Conspiracy/Aiding or Abetting — Subsection 1324(a)(1)(A)(v) expressly makes it an offense to engage in a conspiracy to commit or aid or abet the commission of the foregoing offenses.”


35 posted on 02/03/2017 7:05:38 AM PST by freepdawg (We Need Some Facts)
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To: TADSLOS

Identify, investigate, illuminate, ridicule. Remove if possible. Repeat.

Those hurt there by sanctuaried illegal immigrants should do a class action lawsuit against the sheriff and S.D. administrators, for all they’re worth.


36 posted on 02/03/2017 7:07:16 AM PST by polymuser (There's a big basket of deportables.)
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To: Dusty Road

if they are in the usa they have constitutional rights..unfortunately

it depends on the meaning of subject to the jurisdiction just like children born to illegals are citizens...are they under our jurisdiction when they or parents are citizens of another country? jurisdiction needs to be defined or redined,

https://maldef.org/truthinimmigration/undocumented_immigrants_do_have_legal3192008/index.html

http://www.cnsnews.com/blog/michael-morris/levin-completely-false-children-born-illegals-have-constitutional-right

this should be at top of
Trump’s list.


37 posted on 02/03/2017 7:08:19 AM PST by rolling_stone (not this time!)
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To: Dusty Road

I suspect she will be removed from office

This is what must happen. A little difficult as she is elected but it’s the only thing that is going to stop this crap.


38 posted on 02/03/2017 7:09:29 AM PST by gibsonguy
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To: rolling_stone

There should be an optional national ID card that you can show to ICE agents if arrested by local authority. If you do not have one then you must prove you are a citizen or here legally..


39 posted on 02/03/2017 7:12:03 AM PST by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)
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To: Enlightened1

they will need one of the cells for that worthless POS.


40 posted on 02/03/2017 7:14:51 AM PST by Mouton (There is a new sheriff in town.)
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