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ICE Agents Arrest Men Leaving Alexandria Church Shelter
NBC Washington ^ | Feb 15, 2017 | Julie Carey

Posted on 02/15/2017 3:41:12 PM PST by 11th_VA

Some are questioning the way Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials are handling arrests in Fairfax County after at least two men were arrested near a church shelter.

Oscar Ramirez said he had just left the hypothermia shelter at Rising Hope Mission Church on Russell Road in Alexandria, Virginia, when about a dozen ICE agents surround him and other Latino men.

"'Stop right there. Stop right there. Stop right there. Stay by the wall, where we can see your hands,'" the agents said, according to Ramirez.

The group of men had left the shelter about 6:45 a.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 8 and crossed the street when the ICE agents ordered them to stand against a brick wall.

Ramirez said the agents questioned all of them and scanned their fingers to find out if they had criminal backgrounds. Agents quickly cleared Ramirez, who has a green card, he said.

But he and other witnesses told News4 that about six Latino men were arrested and taken away in two vans that pulled up to the area where they had been stopped.

"This is the first time I see something like that," Ramirez said. "It surprised me. I mean, I think it surprised a lot of people who seen it actually happen," said Marvin Roach, a guest at the church shelter.

"They were clearly targeting the church because they knew that they stayed here in the hypothermia shelter. So they were waiting for them to cross the street and then jump on them," said Rising Hope Mission Church Rev. Keary Kincannon.

An ICE spokeswoman said the agency's "sensitive location" policy was followed. The policy requires agents to avoid arresting people at places of worship, schools and medical facilities. The spokeswoman emphasized the arrests took place across the street from the church and not on church property.


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Extended News; News/Current Events; US: Virginia
KEYWORDS: aliens; deport; first100days; ice; illegals; immigration; ministry; trump45
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I love how clever ICE is getting - wish I Were 30 years younger - I'd join ICE ...
1 posted on 02/15/2017 3:41:12 PM PST by 11th_VA
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Good for ICE. (ICE ICE baby)


2 posted on 02/15/2017 3:43:28 PM PST by pinkandgreenmom
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Gosh when the weather gets real cold around here the police go out and drum up charges to arrest people on the street so they can get a good meal and warm place to sleep. We call it being humanitarian.

I guess if it is done by the Trump administration it is evil. There use to be a day and age when the police would take bums down to the train tracks and tell them to catch a train to the south where it was warmer and they wouldn't freeze to death.

Different era.

3 posted on 02/15/2017 3:44:38 PM PST by Robert357 (D.Rather "Hoist with his own petard!" www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1223916/posts)
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Thank you for posting, that was so much fun!
4 posted on 02/15/2017 3:44:57 PM PST by heterosupremacist (Domine Iesu Christe, Filius Dei, miserere me peccatorem!)
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To: 11th_VA

It can only get better for our country from here.


5 posted on 02/15/2017 3:46:37 PM PST by EagleUSA
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“Some are questioning . . . “

LOL.....

Who cares? People shouldn’t be arrested in cold weather?


6 posted on 02/15/2017 3:46:44 PM PST by A_Former_Democrat ("Liberalism is a mental disorder" On FULL Display NOW BOYCOTT Mexico NFL PepsiCO Kellogg's)
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Been seeing a lot of Ice and Homeland Security ads for employment. Most of them are on the Military channels and say that military vets preferred.


7 posted on 02/15/2017 3:47:03 PM PST by MaxistheBest (...)
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Today we march, tomorrow we get deported. Si, se puede.


8 posted on 02/15/2017 3:47:43 PM PST by FlingWingFlyer (As long as tyranny exists, the Constitution and Bill of Right will never be "outdated" or "obsolete")
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The left is finding God. Until ...


9 posted on 02/15/2017 3:47:52 PM PST by InvisibleChurch (https://thepurginglutheran.wordpress.com)
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WHAT a difference a Prez makes..!

This will REALLY promote manners, at the very least.


10 posted on 02/15/2017 3:48:21 PM PST by gaijin
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Marvin Roach? A ‘Roach hotel’?


11 posted on 02/15/2017 3:48:33 PM PST by InvisibleChurch (https://thepurginglutheran.wordpress.com)
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Hot damn, ICE is getting back in action since President Trump’s in the WH.


12 posted on 02/15/2017 3:49:22 PM PST by jazusamo (Have YOU Donated to Free Republic? https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
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Hot damn, ICE is getting back in action since President Trump’s in the WH.

Your statement bore repeating and enlarging!

13 posted on 02/15/2017 3:51:28 PM PST by cloudmountain
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To: MaxistheBest

That’s GOOD news!!!!


14 posted on 02/15/2017 3:51:30 PM PST by Enterprise ("Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities." Voltaire)
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Some are questioning...

I'm not.
15 posted on 02/15/2017 3:52:17 PM PST by SpaceBar
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Must have been a criminal with a long rap sheet!


16 posted on 02/15/2017 3:52:56 PM PST by RoseofTexas
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"This is the first time I see something like that," Ramirez said. "It surprised me. I mean, I think it surprised a lot of people who seen it actually happen," said Marvin Roach, a guest at the church shelter.

Make sure you tell ALL your friends and relatives...

17 posted on 02/15/2017 3:53:00 PM PST by who knows what evil? (Yehovah saved more animals than people on the ark...www.siameserescue.com)
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“They were clearly targeting the church because they knew that they stayed here in the hypothermia shelter.”

The same way that bank robbers know to hit banks because that’s where they keep the money?

*SMIRK*


18 posted on 02/15/2017 3:53:34 PM PST by Diana in Wisconsin (I don't have 'Hobbies.' I'm developing a robust Post-Apocalyptic skill set!)
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The way I see it is that we’re sending these cold, homeless people to a tropical climate.


19 posted on 02/15/2017 3:54:00 PM PST by ryderann
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To: MaxistheBest
Been seeing a lot of Ice and Homeland Security ads for employment. Most of them are on the Military channels and say that military vets preferred.

Saw a couple of employment ads for Border Patrol cops. MAGA

20 posted on 02/15/2017 3:54:41 PM PST by Vaquero ( Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you.)
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