Posted on 10/29/2020 3:27:02 AM PDT by gattaca
A U.S. district judge’s order mandating a reduction of the detainee population at an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) processing facility in Adelanto, California, has led to the release of more than 250 “dangerous criminal aliens into various communities,” the agency announced on Oct. 27.
Despite requests to transfer detainees to alternative sites, “ICE has complied with this overreaching court order; however, the public should know that the ruling undoubtedly places them at greater risk,” Tony H. Pham, ICE’s senior official performing the duties of the director, said in a statement.
U.S. District Court Judge Terry Hatter’s ruling on the Adelanto facility (pdf) came in response to a lawsuit filed in April by the American Civil Liberties Union against the privately run detention center over allegedly overcrowded conditions amid the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus outbreak. The action reduced the population at the facility to about 465.
More than 250 illegal immigrants with criminal histories, including assault with a deadly weapon, lewd/lascivious acts with a child, hit and run, and child cruelty, were released from the Adelanto, which is operated by a federal contractor, ICE said.
Epoch Times Photo A detainee makes a call from his “segregation cell” at the Adelanto Detention Facility, in Adelanto, Calif., on Nov. 15, 2013. (John Moore/Getty Images) “Eight months into the pandemic, over 700 people remain imprisoned for civil immigration violations in an overcrowded jail where basic protective measures are impossible and dozens fall ill with COVID-19 each day,” said Jessica Bansal, senior staff attorney at the ACLU SoCal, in remarks to the San Bernardino Sun.
“Today’s order confirms that our Constitution does not condone such basic disregard for human lives and safety,” she said of Hatter’s ruling.
Among those released pursuant to the court order, more than 60 had final orders of removal by federal immigration judges. The agency warned that the release of detainees “could lead to unnecessary victimization by recidivist criminals.”
Epoch Times Photo A family member walks into the Adelanto Detention Facility, in Adelanto, Calif., on Nov. 15, 2013. (John Moore/Getty Images) “ICE has been placed in a difficult circumstance to comply with a binding order that completely contradicts our duty to this nation,” Pham said. “These criminal aliens have serious convictions and charges—releasing them is an extremely risky gamble to take with public safety.”
Among the roughly 730 illegal immigrants detained at the Adelanto facility prior to the court-ordered reduction, over 85 percent had pending criminal charges and/or convictions, ICE said.
The Adelanto facility is the largest immigration detention facility in California. It has long been the target of protests by activist groups, with police arresting three protesters there last month, including two who were arrested for becoming “angry and violent towards law enforcement officers and (attempting) to lynch” a third protester from police custody, according to the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department, the Daily Press reported.
Mad Hatter.
The judge and the aclu should all be sent to gitmo.
Guess keeping them locked up and giving them masks wasn’t an option?
Don’t masks fix everything?
An 87-year old Carter appointee !
Federal Judicial Service:
Judge, U.S. District Court for the Central District of California
Nominated by Jimmy Carter on September 28, 1979, to a new seat authorized by 92 Stat. 1629. Confirmed by the Senate on December 19, 1979, and received commission on December 20, 1979. Served as chief judge, 1998-2001. Assumed senior status on April 22, 2005.
Education:
Wesleyan University, B.A., 1954
University of Chicago Law School, J.D., 1960
Professional Career:
U.S. Air Force NCO-in-charge, 1955-1956
Adjudicator, U.S. Veterans Administration, Chicago, Illinois, 1960-1961
Private practice, Chicago, Illinois, 1961-1962
Assistant public defender, Cook County, Illinois, 1961-1962
Assistant U.S. attorney, Northern District of California, 1962-1966
Special assistant U.S. attorney, Eastern District of California, 1965-1966
Chief counsel, San Francisco [California] Neighborhood Legal Assistance Foundation, 1966-1967
Regional legal services director, Office of Economic Opportunity, San Francisco, California, 1967-1970
Executive director, Western Center on Law and Poverty, Los Angeles, California, 1970-1973
Associate clinical professor of law, University of Southern California Law Center, 1970-1974
Professor of law, Loyola University, Los Angeles, California, 1973-1975
Special assistant to the mayor, Los Angeles, California, 1974-1977; director of criminal justice planning, 1974-1975; director of urban development, 1975-1977
Judge, Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles, 1977-1980
U.S. District Court Judge Terry Hatter was appointed by Jimmy Carter. He is 87 and well past his “sell-by” date.
U.S. District Court Judge Terry Hatter’s ruling on the Adelanto facility (pdf) came in response to a lawsuit filed in April by the American Civil Liberties Union against the privately run detention center over allegedly overcrowded conditions amid virus.
Hatter
ACLU
THESE ARE TWO AMERICAN KILLERS.
So release them into Mexico...
Release the Judge and ACLU Attorneys into the prison General Population for a day and see how they then feel about their rulings.
That definitely works for me...
U.S. District Court Judge Terry “Mad” Hatter
Given the Nuremburg Trials, why should ICE follow rulings that are fraught with danger to innocent people?
Should have just deported them.
President Jimmy Carter
Federal judicial service
Hatter was nominated by President Jimmy Carter on September 28, 1979, to the United States District Court for the Central District of California, to a new seat created by 92 Stat. 1629.
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