Posted on 09/22/2018 6:34:41 AM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin
Madison officials believe six people were taken into custody Friday by Immigration and Customs Enforcement in a targeted effort in the city.
The arrests came as a surprise to city and police officials and few details are known about the situation. Mayor Paul Soglin reaffirmed at a Friday news conference that ICE’s actions are “contrary to city policy.”
“We want to find out everyone who was taken by ICE, so we can make contact with them and do our best job to ensure that their rights are protected,” Soglin said. “That’s the first and highest priority.”
Ald. Shiva Bidar, District 5, said she believes the arrests were based on a list that ICE keeps, but she emphasized the encounter was not a wide-sweeping round-up.
“We do not want to send a message that there are massive raids in our city,” Bidar said. “Our community is certainly on edge already.”
Madison Police Chief Mike Koval said the arrests took place at multiple workplaces and that he was unaware that ICE would be in Madison. It is not known who was arrested, what charges the individuals face or where they are being detained.
Soglin said there is no indication that the MPD is interested in the individuals who were arrested by ICE.
Koval said typically ICE officials contact Assistant Chief of Police Randy Gaber the day of or the day before immigration enforcement officers will be in Madison. In this case, no one contacted the police.
“Nothing has changed in terms of the MPD response,” Koval said. “We are not going to … assist in what I call those deportation issues.”
Centro Hispano Director Karen Menendez Coller urged anyone who is connected to someone arrested by ICE to call Dane County immigration affairs specialist Fabiola Hamdan at 608-242-6260 to be connected with immigration legal services.
“We’re devastated,” Menendez Coller said. “We always are, but we’ve come to expect the worst and the city is ready and prepared to defend against anything.”
Council President Samba Baldeh reiterated the city’s commitment to protecting its residents, while saying that it is sometimes “impossible just because we are also part of a state and a country.”
“This is really a serious situation,” Baldeh said.
How can men that have SWORN to uphold the LAWS of our STATE and NATION act otherwise? How on Earth can you hold the position of Chief of Police in a SANCTUARY CITY? (Rhetorical!)
P.S. Mayor Soglin (D) is running (quite poorly) for Governor against Governor Scott Walker (R).
They don’t want to lose their maids and lawn keepers.
“...ensure that their rights are protected...”
What about AMERICANS rights, mayor????????
22 million,,,
They got to get a Bigger Boat!
When are they going to start arresting the officials who institute these policies?
bttt
Too bad the headline didn’t read “Madison officials arrested”.
Why should ICE contact MPD, total waste of time and likey advance warning to the illegals to run and hide. Remove these criminals to a federal installation and go get more on the next sweep.
They don’t want to lose the chaotic society that provides the foundation for corrupt government.
These morons refuse to work with ICE and then act surprised when ICE takes them at their word and do the job without them.
I’m with VDH who asks why not a sanctuary City where the Endangered Species Act or the ATF automatic weapons licensing rules do not apply.
Shocked? Almost sounds like they’d welcome barricades at the city limits to stop ICE from entering. Six arrests and deportations (if that is the result) does nothing against the as many as 29 million illegal aliens in the country, based on latest study. ICE needs to up its game.
We should call Fabiola and let her know our families have been detained by Ice.
“We want to find out everyone who was taken by ICE, so we can make contact with them and do our best job to ensure that their rights are protected,” [Mayor Paul]Soglin said. “That’s the first and highest priority.”
Another Libturd that flunked civics 101.
Your highest priority is the protection of your constituents; not the illegal invaders who have usurped the very notion on which this nation was founded and on which you have built your (obviously) twisted idea of elected service.
If Madistan is still getting federal taxpayer dollars...why?!
This is the funniest thing I have read all morning—I live a couple hours from Madistan.
Because Congress giveth, therefore Congress is the only one who can taketh away
“””””Mayor Paul Soglin reaffirmed at a Friday news conference that ICE’s actions are “contrary to city policy.”””””””
It is against policy to let ICE arrest illegals which is their job. Got it.
The police are supposed to assist fellow law enforcement. They follow their political masters because they have been compromise, like the Police Agency on Long Island I used to work for.
All this hoopla over 6 illegals? That’s a drop in the bucket.
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