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Smirking court clerks 'flipped off cameras as they snuck illegal migrants out back to avoid ICE'
Daily Mail UK ^ | June 17, 2026 | Emma Richter

Posted on 06/17/2026 1:01:56 PM PDT by Morgana

Two Utah court clerks have been accused of flipping off surveillance cameras as they snuck illegal migrants out of a courthouse to help them evade Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents, according to federal officials.

Jennifer Joma, 27, and Lauren Kelsey Morrow, 26, were indicted on June 3 after they allegedly carried out the sneaky scheme at Logan City Municipal Justice Court in Salt Lake City on April 9, court documents stated.

The clerks were working at the courthouse when they saw an ICE Enforcement and Removal Officer (ICE-ERO) enter 'to arrest an illegal alien for immigration related charges,' the Department of Justice (DOJ) said.

The federal agent, who had an administrative warrant to detain the person at the court, then went outside and waited in his car until his 'target' left the building so he could make a 'lawful arrest,' officials stated.

But as he did so, Joma and Morrow allegedly took it upon themselves to figure out who the ICE agent was looking for, court documents read.

The women went into the court's secure database to 'determine the alienage of everyone who was listed on the court docket,' and managed to pinpoint multiple non-US citizens and 'intercept them' before they left the courthouse, the DOJ said.

Joma and Morrow then led the people, including the agent's intended target, through a secure hallway and helped them slip out a back door without being spotted, officials claimed.

But the two did not stop there, as they brazenly took a moment to stop in front of a surveillance camera, where they smiled, waved, and Morrow 'used her middle finger in an obscene gesture,' federal prosecutors said.

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.com ...


TOPICS: Local News
KEYWORDS: aliens; crime; harboring; joma; morrow; smirking; utah

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1 posted on 06/17/2026 1:01:56 PM PDT by Morgana
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To: Morgana

FAFO.


2 posted on 06/17/2026 1:06:11 PM PDT by EQAndyBuzz (Quiet! Quiet Piggy!)
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To: EQAndyBuzz

And then they can FA again in prison. It’s a vicious cycle that they’ve chosen for themselves.


3 posted on 06/17/2026 1:12:02 PM PDT by big truck ("This space intentionally left blank.")
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To: Morgana

Obstruction of Justice
Likely bribes involved.
They just destroyed their next 10 years


4 posted on 06/17/2026 1:12:30 PM PDT by Zathras
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To: EQAndyBuzz
"Two former Logan City employees face federal charges after authorities said they helped an immigrant lacking permanent legal status evade arrest by Immigration and Customs Enforcement."

Whoops!

5 posted on 06/17/2026 1:14:25 PM PDT by kiryandil (Resistance to The Odor is defiance to grainpidity)
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To: Morgana

Arrest and deport the clerks too.


6 posted on 06/17/2026 1:14:35 PM PDT by MtnClimber (For photos of scenery, wildlife and climbing, click on my screen name for my FR home page.)
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To: Morgana

Five years in Federal prison will cause them to rethink their attitude.


7 posted on 06/17/2026 1:19:05 PM PDT by Gay State Conservative (Import The Third World,Become The Third World)
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To: Morgana

We got a couple of big girls

https://www.justice.gov/usao-ut/pr/two-former-utah-court-clerks-arrested-and-facing-federal-charges-after-allegedly-helping


8 posted on 06/17/2026 1:27:40 PM PDT by Az Joe (Pope Marx I)
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To: MtnClimber

They were indicted.


9 posted on 06/17/2026 1:31:26 PM PDT by Republican Wildcat
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To: Az Joe

Given their size, illegals are probably their only chance to get a man.


10 posted on 06/17/2026 1:47:31 PM PDT by ComputerGuy
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To: Republican Wildcat

Betting they are not smiling now, but wondering why lawyering up costs so much.


11 posted on 06/17/2026 1:48:33 PM PDT by citizen (All Bush-era RINOs have got to be primaried out.)
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To: EQAndyBuzz

Looks like they quickly moved from FA to FO.


12 posted on 06/17/2026 1:49:31 PM PDT by Bubba_Leroy (Our long national nightmare is over!)
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To: Morgana

fire them and prosecute


13 posted on 06/17/2026 1:51:37 PM PDT by faithhopecharity ("Politicians aren't born, they're excreted." Marcus Tullius Cicero (106 to 43 BCE))
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To: Morgana
FTA: After news broke of their indictment, a GoFundMe page was launched by one of Joma's family members.

It's a profit deal!

When they are convicted, they need to have fines imposed against them for at least 2 times whatever amount they raise from the looney left rubes.

14 posted on 06/17/2026 1:55:49 PM PDT by Bubba_Leroy (Our long national nightmare is over!)
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To: Morgana

There is a judge that just lost her appeal for this and she is going to jail, so are these two


15 posted on 06/17/2026 1:58:01 PM PDT by eyeamok
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To: kiryandil

Was that wrong? Should they not have done that?


16 posted on 06/17/2026 2:03:07 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum (Israel first!)
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To: faithhopecharity

Pronto.


17 posted on 06/17/2026 2:10:45 PM PDT by No name given ( Anonymous is who you’ll know me as )
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To: Morgana

The money raised in the fundraiser is set to go toward paying for their legal fees and ‘related expenses,’ it added.


related expenses................


18 posted on 06/17/2026 2:14:07 PM PDT by PeterPrinciple ((Thinking Caps are no longer being issued, but there must be a warehouse full of them somewhere))
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To: Morgana

It’s time to go full Pinochet before it’s too late.


19 posted on 06/17/2026 2:44:13 PM PDT by Salman (It's time to go full Pinochet before it's too late.)
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To: Morgana

Helping filthy illegal alien scumbags should be an executable offense. /spit


20 posted on 06/17/2026 2:50:43 PM PDT by Flavious_Maximus (Tony Fauci will be put on death row and die of COVID!)
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