Former acting ICE Director Tom Homan slams sheriff for releasing illegal immigrant, says he should..

Fox News ^ | August 18, 2019 | Nick Givas

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After a North Carolina sheriff released an illegal immigrant on bond in a child rape case, former acting ICE Director Tom Homan said the law enforcement officer should have called the federal government and had the suspect detained.

The suspect was finally apprehended by federal authorities, two months after Mecklenburg County Sheriff Garry McFadden ignored an ICE detainer order and released him from custody.

"Mecklenburg County wants to be a sanctuary county. This sheriff has made a choice to stop being a cop and be a politician," Homan said on "Fox & Friends Weekend."

Homan said this is a common practice among local law enforcement and began listing cases where suspects were released on bond, despite being accused of heinous crimes while in the country illegally.

"I wrote a few cases down," he said. "Numerous sex offenses, people arrested for assault and larceny -- assault with a deadly weapon, rape with indecent liberties with a child, numerous drug offenses, felony possession of a gun, assault by strangulation... These are the type of people he’s releasing, rather than calling ICE."

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They weren’t arrested for not cooperating with an ICE Detainer.

From the article, after getting beat up some deputies, it appears that the victim filed a Civil Rights complaint against the Sheriff and his deputies or filed a law suit in federal court. Sheriff and deputies made false statements to FBI, the agency that investigates Civil Rights complaints, and filed false reports. That has ABSOLUTELY NOTHING to do with acknowledging and agreeing to hold someone on an ICE detainer.

They were arrested for violating 18 USC 1001. The same charge that got Gen Flynn.

18 USC 1001 .... 18 USC 1001 - The General Federal False Statements Statute

(a) Except as otherwise provided in this section, whoever, in any matter within the jurisdiction of the executive, legislative, or judicial branch of the Government of the United States, knowingly and willfully—
(1) falsifies, conceals, or covers up by any trick, scheme, or device a material fact;
(2) makes any materially false, fictitious, or fraudulent statement or representation; or
(3) makes or uses any false writing or document knowing the same to contain any materially false, fictitious, or fraudulent statement or entry;

Anyone can be arrested for breaking the law, even the President. But, the Sheriff cannot be arrested for not helping the feds.