Posted on 04/05/2017 11:14:05 AM PDT by jazusamo
Full title: Judicial Watch Obtains Copies of 204 ICE Illegal Alien ‘Detainer Requests’ Denied by Travis County, Texas Sheriff
(Washington, DC) – Judicial Watch today announced that it obtained 204 illegal alien Detainer Requests denied to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) by the Travis County, Texas, Sheriff’s Office. The illegal aliens protected by the Sheriff’s Office were charged or convicted of 31 acts of violence, 14 thefts or burglaries, and three acts or threats of terrorism. Forty-four of the denied requests were for inmates originally detained by Homeland Security and temporarily transferred to Travis County (home to the state capital in Austin) for disposition of state or local charges.
The sanctuary policy, the “Travis County Sheriff’s Office Policy on Cooperation with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement,” limits the extent to which the Sheriff’s Office will cooperate with ICE.
On February 2, 2017, the Austin American-Statesman reported that the Travis County Sheriff’s Office had “declined 196 detention requests” from ICE. Once the ICE detainers were removed, 37 people were released on bail. These inmates may have been able to post bail prior to the new sanctuary policy, “but they would have been released into ICE custody for possible deportation.”
Judicial Watch on February 3 submitted a Public Information Act Request to the sheriff’s office asking for:
Based on the “Immigration Detainer—Request for Voluntary Action” forms obtained by Judicial Watch, the illegal aliens protected by this sanctuary policy had the following criminal records:
“These documents provide disturbing evidence of how Travis County’s sanctuary policy protects criminal illegal aliens, many of whom are dangerous felons, from deportation,” said Judicial Watch President Tom Fitton. “Sanctuary policies such as these put the public’s safety at risk.”
Under the new sanctuary policy, the sheriff’s office now honors only select detention requests for inmates charged or convicted of a crime on a narrowly specified list of such crimes as murder and aggravated sexual assault. For all other crimes, ICE must present the sheriff with a warrant or judicial order before the inmate will be detained:
(a) when the detainer request is accompanied by a judicial warrant or court order for continued detention or notification to the extent required by the judicial warrant of court order; or (b) when the individual who is the subject of the ICE detainer request is charged with or has been convicted of the following felonies under Texas law: (1) Capita Murder … (2) Murder – First Degree … (3) Aggravated Sexual Assault … (4) Continuous Smuggling of Persons … A conviction consists of a final entry of adjudication of guilt by a court pursuant to statue and after exhaustion of the appellate process. If a court later (a) vacates the judicial warrant or court order, or (b) the individual’s conviction and/or sentence is overturned, TCSO will decline the ICE detainer request relating to that individual.
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott intends to support federal actions against sanctuary policies by signing legislation that could put sheriffs of sanctuary cities in jail . The governor announced $1.5 million in cuts for the county in response to Travis County Sheriff Hernandez’s policy.
Off the Wall Ping!
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While Austin is as liberal as Berkley, soon they will have a new Sheriff.
Bump!
That bitch mexi-loving hack sheriff is culpable for every single criminal act that occurred after those detainers were denied.
Thus, when a mexicriminal commits murder, she should be charged with that crime.
Get ‘em JW!!!
When ICE puts a detainer/hold on an alien it means that the US government intends to remove the alien from the US and from the jurisdiction of the local court and sheriff.
Under such circumstances there is no way that the alien would qualify for bail, bond or conditional release. The alien is not just "likely" to abscond he is certain to abscond because the court knows the government intends to remove him.
ICE has no ability or authority to hold the alien until local authorities conclude their case. An immigration hold means that the alien is already removable under the INA at the time it is placed. If a convicted felon bonds out in a local rape case ICE must take him into custody (irrespective of the new charges) and remove him as quickly as possible according to the law.
The quick solution is for ICE to maintain 24 hour presence at the jail exit and as the aliens are released take them into custody. There is nothing the sheriff can do about it without being charged with obstructing a federal agent.
The democrats and the left are stuck between a rock and a hard place here. Illegal aliens are very unpopular with the American people but yet, they need these people along with their family and friends, to continue to vote democrat for the left’s very own survival.
Protecting these illegals can only have a negative effect towards their own demise so either way, they’re forked, LOL. They have no one else to blame but themselves for blindly following such a failed agenda.
CGato
Amen!
It’s a really great thing to see the Dems squirm and scream about the 0bama admins work in supporting illegal aliens and being adamantly against voter ID going down the drain with the election of President Trump.
I think they’ll come more unhinged when this administration has a chance to be filled with Trump’s people. The Dems have to know this and it’s why they’ve put up every roadblock they can think of to slow the process.
I wonder how many show up for next court appearance?
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