Posted on 02/25/2017 10:19:59 AM PST by jazusamo
Sanctuary City Update: Arizona Sheriff Releases Hundreds of Criminal Illegal Aliens
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Sanctuary City Update: Arizona Sheriff Releases Hundreds of Criminal Illegal Aliens
A crackdown on dangerous sanctuary policies for illegal immigrants can’t come a moment too soon. As with our most recent court challenge to San Francisco, Judicial Watch has been a leader (and often the only) legal opponent to sanctuary policies that ignore federal and state laws concerning illegal immigration at the expense of the public’s safety, the rule of law, and our national security. Now, with a Trump administration that might actually join Judicial Watch in going after sanctuary policies, the radicals in “sanctuary cities” are doubling down.
Our Corruption Chronicles blog has the details of dangerous sanctuary craziness in Arizona:
An average of 400 “criminal illegal immigrants” are being released every 10 days by the newly elected sheriff in Arizona’s most populous county, federal law enforcement sources tell Judicial Watch, many of them violent offenders.
It’s part of Maricopa County Sheriff Paul Penzone’s new policy to protect illegal aliens, even those who have committed serious state crimes, from deportation. Under a longtime partnership between the county and the feds, the Phoenix field office of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) was notified when “aliens unlawfully present with additional Arizona charges” were released from the Maricopa County Jail, which is one of the nation’s largest with a population of about 8,000. That ended when Penzone, who refers to illegal immigrants as “guests,” took office this year and, though he formally announced the change last week, it was put into practice much earlier.
During a recent 10-day period, more than 400 criminal illegal immigrants were released from the Maricopa County Jail, according to federal law enforcement officials directly involved in the process in Phoenix. Weekdays are the busiest, with an average of about 40 criminal illegal aliens getting released from Maricopa County Jail facilities, the sources said. On weekends the number drops to about 10 each day. The illegal aliens have state criminal charges ranging from misdemeanors to felonies, driving under the influence and drug offenses. “There’s no telling how many criminals he’s (Sheriff Penzone) putting on the streets,” said a high-ranking federal law enforcement official stationed in Arizona. Judicial Watch’s calls to the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office were not returned.
Before the new sheriff changed the system, ICE would send a wagon every 12 hours to pick up criminal illegal aliens scheduled to be released from the main jail in Maricopa County. Under the new policy, Maricopa County officials are not giving ICE “any notification at all of the release of criminal illegals,” according to an agency official in Phoenix who’s not authorized to talk and can’t be identified. Without cooperation from county authorities, federal agents would have to stand at the door to the jail 24 hours a day and guess which prisoner should be deported, sources said. “We can’t stand out there and question everyone that walks out of that jail,” said a federal agent directly involved in the matter. “Even if we did, we would have to make arrests on the street, in the middle of protestors, families and picketers and that will only heighten the danger to agents.”
When Penzone announced the new policy at a press conference last week, ICE issued a statement calling it an “immediate, dangerous change.” The agency’s Phoenix director for enforcement and removal operations, Enrique Lucero, was quoted in local media saying: “Immigration detainers have been a successful enforcement tool to prevent the release of dangerous criminals to our streets and mitigate the possibility of future crimes being committed against the residents of our communities.” Judicial Watch has filed a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request to obtain specific figures and pertinent information related to the Maricopa County Sheriff’s policies involving criminal illegal aliens. “This is as bad as it gets,” said one federal officer.
Just this month an illegal immigrant released from the Denver County Jail in Colorado was arrested for murder . The Mexican national, Ever Valles, was released into the community in December even though he was a “known gang member” with a lengthy and violent criminal history. The 19-year-old gangbanger was arrested in October on multiple charges, including possession of a weapon and vehicle theft, and was flagged by ICE for removal. Instead, Denver County officials released Valles without notifying ICE, and this month he was arrested and charged with shooting a man to death during a robbery at a rail station in Denver.
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Can the fed also shut down all federal highways in a state? Could the fed change all a states fed highway speed limits to 25 mph?
“Since Maricopa County has released all their violent illegal immigrants, then the Federal Prison system should likewise refuse to incarcerate anyone who Maricopa County desperately wants to keep away from their own citizens.”
That won’t work. They have already demonstrated that they don’t give a crap about their own citizens.
Does that mean that the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office will no longer honor holds on inmates from other jurisdictions, (city, county, or state0?
Good question and I’d guess probably not unless they’re illegal aliens.
Thanks for the reminder.
Trump shoud have a web site set up to deal with the BIGGEST ignored illegal aliens' crime costing tens of billions and unmeasured grief to American citizens.
Illegal alien identity theft. The web site would keep track of the total number, and the total dollar amount involved.
Of course I am not suggesting that Trump and his immediate cabinet should waste time on this instead of other larger problems, like prosecuting Hillary, Soros, the GOPe criminals etc. American citizens would go ballistic at the magnitude of Identity theft total "invisible" cost. The entire families should be deported with prejudice.
You invade my country and drop dozens of bastards while here, then pay the price, dammit!
Not the kiddie thugs' fault?? Much less the American taxpayer with a job's fault!!!
If the illegal kiddies have a job and a proven non criminal life, they can BEG to stay, ONE AT A TIME.
It's not rocket science.
Jeff Sessions needs to send US Marshals to arrest the local cops, mayors and governors committing these crimes.
Yup. I’d round them up, arrest them, and post mug shots on a web site devoted to identifying LEO felons arrested for obstruction of justice and accessory to murder.
I couldn’t agree more and the sooner AG Sessions does the better for our nation.
I agree. He has a lot on his plate right now. Hopefully he will pardon him. We already know what the judge will rule.
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