Posted on 02/22/2017 5:53:59 PM PST by Republic Rocker
[Updated Wednesday, February 22, 2017 | 7:50 a.m.] In an unusual incident which has prompted concern among area lawyers, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents arrested a man federal officials said was a previously deported Mexican national with a prior felony conviction for drug trafficking at the Pasadena Courthouse on Tuesday.
According to Virginia Kice, Western Regional Communications Director/Spokesperson for ICE, Enforcement and Removal Operations officers arrested the unidentified man at the courthouse after earlier efforts to locate him at a residence or place of employment proved unsuccessful.
The mans attorney, Los Angeles criminal lawyer Octavio Chaidez, said the immigration agents were clearly waiting for his client, whom Bar association rules prevent him from naming, to exit the courtroom after a morning hearing. According to Chaidez, the agents recognized the client on sight.
Chaidez said his client had been in court for a parole status hearing, which had seemed to be routine.
Chaidez said that in his 15 years of practicing law, he has never before seen or even heard of immigration agents waiting outside a court hearing to confront and arrest a subject.
Ive spoken to some of my colleagues and I havent had one that Ive spoken to, say that this has ever occurred inside of a courthouse, Chaidez said Tuesday evening. Some of them have been practicing 30 years and just this morning when I spoke to them they said, Ive never seen anything like this.
According to Department of Homeland Security Executive Order No. 13768 entitled Enhancing Public Safety in the Interior of the United States, which was coincidentally released Tuesday morning, DHS will not exempt classes or categories of removal aliens from potential enforcement. All of those in violation of the immigration laws may be subject to enforcement proceedings, up to and including removal from the United States. The guidance makes clear, however, that ICE should prioritize several categories of removable aliens who have committed crimes, beginning with those convicted of a criminal offense.
Kice told Pasadena Now that determinations about where and how ICE enforcement personnel affect both administrative and criminal arrests are made on a case-by-case basis, taking into account all aspects of the situation, including the prospective targets criminal history; safety considerations; and any sensitivities involving the arrest location.
Chaidez said that he believes that if ICE is going stake out court hearings in order to locate and confront targeted individuals, that people are going to stop attending court proceedings.
Following the incident, Chaidez said he prepared a factual statement of the incident and sent it out to other local attorneys.
If they have a client who comes to them and says, Hey, this been occurring, then they are now informed and they can counsel their client appropriately, he explained.
Chaidez noted that he also received phone calls from some of the lawyers who received his email, who told him of their concerns for their clients.
Whether they be the accused, whether they be a witness, whether be a victim, Chaidez said, they will not go anywhere near a courthouse if they think that ICE could waiting for them there.
THIS one was in the country legally!
Most taxpayers would say they were doing their job, since he is an illegal alien felon.
And he screwed up by making it impossible for people like me to ever own a full auto weapon. He must have owned a machine gun collection and wanted to make some bucks off it.
Democrats seem to be the real fascists
If the Illegals Voted for Republicans instead of Democrats, Bill Clinton would have built a 100 foot high Border Wall with Alligator filled Moats, Minefields and Gun Turrets.
North Korea would be jealous.
I am way too old. Wish I could do computer and search work for them to find the criminal illegals.
TIP LINE: Call 866-DHS-2-ICE (866-347-2423)
“Chaidez said that in his 15 years of practicing law, he has never before seen or even heard of immigration agents waiting outside a court hearing to confront and arrest a subject.”
so what? Very lame argument.
‘What is the world coming to when a criminal has to worry about being arrested at the courthouse!’
Pretty nervy, I’d say.
“And the lesson here is twofold. One, dont be illegal and two, dont hire an attorney who helps illegals.”
Rule three, if you are a lawyer who represents illegals, get paid in advance.
Boo hoo. Go home, illegal client!
One advantage of waiting outside courtrooms is that the aliens have already passed through a metal detector. Sounds like a better idea than going to their homes.
Issue warrants. Another reason to kick them out!
They should. They should also be wearing body cams that link to facial recognition software checking criminal databases. In fact all cops should be doing that.
If they know his place of employment, then it sounds to me like they have some employers to pick up as well.
That is how this should work. Question every illegal arrested and then track down anyone who assisted them in living here illegally. Who employed them. Who approved them for food stamps or other welfare. Landlords. Bankers who accepted fake Tax ID numbers. Etc.
Then attach an RFID chip with explosive charge to the alien’s carotid artery. Tell them it will be armed in ten days and after that point it will explode if they are anywhere within the borders of America. Then let them go and self-deport.
Maybe if ICE stationed plain clothes people outside using cameras inked to facial recognition systems. Then pick up people as they exit the church. Just checking people at random would be thrown out of court as profiling, but picking up people already identified in a criminal database and with automatic ICE detainer orders should pass muster.
Waiting for this sort of ad to start trapping them:
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To be fair, the legislation laid out to win the signature would have secured the border. Of course, it was dropped as soon as he signed.
Not only was he an undocumented immigrant, he was an undocumented pharmacist as well!
ICE needs to pose as translators.
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