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Immigration officials shielded accused San Bernardino conspirator from ICE agents
wash times ^ | 3/15/16 | s dinan

Posted on 03/15/2016 8:41:38 PM PDT by doldrumsforgop

Federal immigration officers refused to let an armed team of agents into their office to detain the accused conspirator in December’s San Bernardino terrorist attack, government officials acknowledged Tuesday, exposing an embarrassing lack of communication within the Department of Homeland Security.

Those who ran the legal immigration benefits office in San Bernardino refused to let a team from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement enter to detain and hold Enrique Marquez so the FBI could interview him later, Sen. Ron Johnson, chairman of the Senate Homeland Security Committee, said. It turned out Mr. Marquez didn’t show for the meeting at the immigration office, but Mr. Johnson said the lack of communication between U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, the benefits branch, and Homeland Security Investigations, which is an enforcement division within the Homeland Security Department, was stunning.

“We had a team, armed up, potentially dealing with a terrorist, they had a tip from the FBI that Mr. Marquez might be at the USCIS office, and the officer in charge of USCIS wouldn’t allow HSI into the building,” the senator said.

Even after discovering Mr. Marquez didn’t show, the USCIS officers refused to turn over his immigration file to the enforcement agents, instead sending them away only with a photocopy of his picture, Mr. Johnson, a Wisconsin Republican, said.

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


TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: california; dha; farook; ice; illegals; immigration; obstructionism; sanbernardino; terrorattack; terrorism; uscis
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Lots of disturbing Questions surface here.

1. why do we have a U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, a 'benefits branch' for illegals?

2. how did an illegal immigrant Eswin Mejia who was accused of killing a woman while driving DWI, be able to post bond? there were more red flags here than in a blast zone.

1 posted on 03/15/2016 8:41:38 PM PDT by doldrumsforgop
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To: doldrumsforgop

So, Sarah Root was gravely injured but still clinging to life so...


2 posted on 03/15/2016 8:46:26 PM PDT by Eagles6 ( Valley Forge Redux. If not now, when? If not here, where? If not us then who?)
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To: Eagles6

So, it was obviously Sarah’s fault. Not the ICE. (do I need the /s ?)


3 posted on 03/15/2016 8:49:25 PM PDT by jim_trent
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To: doldrumsforgop

But the government really needs to be able to look into your Iphone or they cant possibly keep you safe.


4 posted on 03/15/2016 8:50:11 PM PDT by DesertRhino ("I want those feeble mined asses overthrown,,,)
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To: doldrumsforgop

The hell with Iphones, the FBI needs a backdoor into the immigration office! lol


5 posted on 03/15/2016 8:51:14 PM PDT by DesertRhino ("I want those feeble mined asses overthrown,,,)
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To: doldrumsforgop

This sounds vaguely like US govt. officials committed a FELONY.


6 posted on 03/15/2016 8:51:19 PM PDT by gaijin
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To: doldrumsforgop

I vote for #1, I would love to know the answer to that one too.


7 posted on 03/15/2016 8:51:57 PM PDT by dila813
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To: gaijin

Yeah, SOME BODY should have been arrested.


8 posted on 03/15/2016 8:54:09 PM PDT by Delta 21 (Patiently waiting for the jack booted kick at my door.)
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To: doldrumsforgop

The Administration NEEDS these dangerous people here, the better to maintain the SECURITY CRISIS premise that permits them to invade the digital privacy of law ABIDERS.

Their allies are people wishing to return to the 7th Century.
Their enemy is YOU.

And the US Constitution.

They WANT to maintain the fear and chaos.

This serves their PURPOSE.


9 posted on 03/15/2016 8:54:17 PM PDT by gaijin
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To: gaijin

Don't worry..! We'll PROTECT you..! We'll protect the HELL out of you..!

10 posted on 03/15/2016 8:55:42 PM PDT by gaijin
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To: doldrumsforgop

And the damn fools in the media wonder why Trump is leading.


11 posted on 03/15/2016 9:03:10 PM PDT by libertylover (The problem with Obama is not that his skin is too black, it's that his ideas are too RED.)
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To: jim_trent

Obviously she should have died quicker.


12 posted on 03/15/2016 9:06:23 PM PDT by Eagles6 ( Valley Forge Redux. If not now, when? If not here, where? If not us then who?)
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To: doldrumsforgop

What we have is a Federal government that is, in reality, a feudal collection of various bureaucratic duchies. Each one pays lip service allegiance to the sovereign, but owes its highest allegiance to its own bureaucratic fiefdom. Each duchy recognizes no constraint on its power by Congress, the Courts or the American people. I believe they don’t really recognize the authority of he President of the United States. For example, in the case of IRS persecution of TEA Party groups, while it may have been the wishes of the President to deny non-profit status to TEA Party groups, the IRS was going to do that anyway regardless of what the President wanted. An IRS bureaucrat reads “TEA” as “RIF” and they will never willingly submit to that. So they willingly and eagerly persecuted those groups in an abuse of their bureaucratic power.

This is what you get when you have a bloated government that has becomefar too large, too pervasive, and too powerful.

Oh, and it has not escaped my attention that every federal agency, like every feudal duchy, has its own army. That is clearly on display here.


13 posted on 03/15/2016 9:13:58 PM PDT by henkster
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To: DesertRhino

Hah. Good one!


14 posted on 03/15/2016 10:26:33 PM PDT by sheana
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To: libertylover

I would hope that if/when Trump is elected people like this would hear ‘you’re fired!” Over a long distance phone line.
I’d be satisfied if that’s all he did all day. Lol


15 posted on 03/15/2016 10:28:49 PM PDT by sheana
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To: doldrumsforgop

for later


16 posted on 03/15/2016 11:02:44 PM PDT by VanShuyten ("a shadow...draped nobly in the folds of a gorgeous eloquence.")
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To: DesertRhino

This is the kind of horse sh*t people are tired of watching. I hope it changing with some brass in the WH calling a few of these decision makers on the oval office carpet.


17 posted on 03/15/2016 11:22:59 PM PDT by healy61
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To: doldrumsforgop

Oh goody! Now we have the potential for two armed groups within the government to have a standoff with automatic weapons!


18 posted on 03/15/2016 11:56:16 PM PDT by vette6387 (Obama can go to hell!)
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“I hope it changing with some brass in the WH calling a few of these decision makers on the oval office carpet.”

Why, I’ll send the tooth fairy right over to see you! There are no decisonmakers in the Oval Office, only a bunch of black criminals “living ni—er rich” on the taxpayer’s dime! That old black bass turd that runs Zimbabwe is a better leader than Obola!


19 posted on 03/16/2016 12:00:40 AM PDT by vette6387 (Obama can go to hell!)
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To: doldrumsforgop

It says immigrants. Not sure if they’re being politically correct or if its also for the word the left hates, illegals. Do you know?


20 posted on 03/16/2016 12:51:18 AM PDT by wiggen (#JeSuisCharlie)
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