[upchuck]

From the article:

It all started in April when a police officer in New Ipswich, N.H., approached Jorge Mora Ramirez, a Mexican national, as Mr. Ramirez was having car trouble. In questioning, Mr. Ramirez admitted he was an illegal alien. Per protocol, New Ipswich police alerted federal authorities to the presence of an illegal. The Department of Homeland Security's Immigration and Customs Enforcement refused to take Mr. Ramirez into custody.

...

Mr. Chamberlain called Immigration and Customs Enforcement to report the illegals, but per usual, ICE declined to get involved.

Wish I knew why ICE is refusing to get involved in these cases. It they should be and aren't, I wonder if we could file some sort of class action suit against ICE for failure to perform or some-such.

At any rate, bully for the LEOs. A shame they have to do what our President and Congress won't. Pathetic!

[andyk]

Wish I knew why ICE is refusing to get involved in these cases.

If you ask them, I think they typically respond that they concentrate on those illegals who are committing crimes - aside from the crime of illegal entry, of course.

I think the chief in New Ipswich got the idea of using the trespassing laws after someone in the department stopped a van with 9 illegals in it. ICE wasn't interested in them, so they started looking into a way of taking care of it themselves.

[monkeywrench]

I think they're only picking up illegals that are on one of their lists, or have committed a serious crime. With all the document fraud, I don't see how they can possibly know who is who.

We, the people, will have to do the cleaning up.

[Marine Inspector]

ICE declined to get involved.

ICE has bigger fish to fry. Their focus is on smugglers and violent criminal aliens.