Posted on 10/28/2013 1:37:26 PM PDT by moonshinner_09
(CN) - Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents arrest people when they go to courthouses to pay traffic tickets, report crimes or get married, the ACLU says in a letter demanding an end to the practice. In a 6-page letter to the investigative arm of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, ACLU Southern California staff attorney Michael Kaufman asked ICE to stop the "abusive arrests" at Kern County courthouses, in and around Bakersfield. The ACLU claims the arrests violate ICE's alleged policy that agents avoid making arrests in "sensitive locations," such as schools, hospitals, churches and other places of worship. The ACLU urged ICE to add courthouses to that list. The letter cites several ICE arrests at Kern County courts. It claims the courthouse raids are "causing significant harm in the Kern County community." "The arrests have prevented residents from complying with their obligations to pay citations and appear for court hearings, and from obtaining restraining orders, marriage licenses and other essential court services," Kaufman wrote. "Moreover, ICE's actions have created a culture of fear, deterring residents from exercising their constitutional right and civic duty to appear for court hearings or seek court services."
(Excerpt) Read more at courthousenews.com ...
During the protest Friday put on by the Kern Coalition for Citizenship and ACLU, Rosario Hernandez, one of several speakers talks about her boyfriend and daughter's father, Hector, who was deported to Mexico... Live in boyfriend,Her cheeks wet with tears, Hernandez said Violeta doesn't understand why her daddy has left her."She calls his name and he's not there," Hernandez said.Right a 2 year old asking such deep questions. I wondered if she explained, why dad was driving without a license/insurance and why he cannot get a drivers licenses ?
Next thing you know persons with outstanding warrants will be arrested at polling centers.
“That’s not how the game is played!”
ICE should implement this policy throughout the US.
In Tucson, a mod went into the street and surrounded the Ice agents, who pepper sprayed them. Later, one of the city council members put this issue on the agenda, and with the help of interpreters, the illegal aliens who were being deported told us that we should change our laws for them.
Issa, you back-slider, even ICE is imploring you to stop your amnesty redux bill.
Apparently, ICCE isn’t as clever as this guy, www.youtube.com/watch?v=0lYcCtDGE-Y
ACLU is the Anti American KKK
Every Illegal Alien is supposed to be deported....they broke the law
“residents” ???
I guess you just have to surrender and hire “Ghostbusters”.
The ICE policy is as muddled and inconsistant as todays laws on Marijuana. I thought ICE was already rendered powerless by the DIMs
The ICE policy is as muddled and inconsistant as todays laws on Marijuana. I thought ICE was already rendered powerless by the DIMs
How is an obligation to pay a citation stronger than an obligation to not reside here illegally? You can’t get that citation in the first place if you obeyed our laws from the start.
Y’know... If the ACLU is against you, you must be doing something right!
if ICE was doing its job they would check the status and I-9 of SpiteHouse personnel.
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