Posted on 08/22/2007 9:01:11 PM PDT by NormsRevenge
TRENTON, N.J. - After a review driven by three brutal slayings, the state attorney general on Wednesday ordered New Jersey law enforcers to notify federal immigration officials whenever someone arrested for an indictable offense or drunken driving is found to be an illegal immigrant.
Attorney General Anne Milgram reviewed the state's policy in light of the execution-style killings Aug. 4 of three Newark college students and the wounding of a fourth victim. One of the six suspects was an illegal immigrant who had been granted bail on child rape and aggravated assault charges without immigration officials being alerted to his existence.
While saying she did not want to "Monday morning quarterback" the Newark case, Milgram said that if the policy had been in place when Jose Carranza was indicted on the prior charges, federal officials might have placed an immigration hold on him, meaning he would have remained in custody or bail might have been set higher because of his immigration status.
The killings highlighted the need "to have a uniform state policy on notification to immigration," Milgram said. Before the directive, "all police departments in our state had complete discretion as to if, when and how to notify immigration authorities."
The policy applies immediately to all state and local law enforcement and to prosecutors. It also specifies that police notify prosecutors and courts when illegal immigrants are arrested.
The triple homicide rocked Newark, a city already reeling from a 50 percent rise in the murder rate since 1998, and prompted an outcry over the lack of communication between local authorities and immigration officials.
The fact that Carranza, 28, an illegal immigrant from Peru, was out on bail after being accused of committing serious felonies also enraged some, including state Sen. Shirley Turner, who on Wednesday urged bail restrictions for accused illegal immigrants. The Democratic legislator proposes that illegal immigrants be required to post a full cash bail if they are charged with committing a crime in New Jersey.
A bail bondsman put up $150,000 for Carranza — the lowest amount recommended for someone accused of sexually assaulting a child — and he walked out of the Essex County jail in May. Seven months earlier, he had paid $2,000 to get out of the same jail after being charged with assault and weapons possession after a bar fight. He was allowed to put up 10 percent after a judge set bail at $20,000.
Authorities have said they did not know he was undocumented when those bails were set. Those bails have now been revoked, a largely symbolic move because Carranza, a day laborer, is now charged with three counts of murder and is being held in lieu of $1 million bail.
"I often see people back on our streets that I believe should not be back on our streets after they've committed serious crimes," Newark Mayor Cory Booker said. "I would be remiss if I wasn't calling for larger changes and larger reforms in the state of New Jersey and the United States."
Some have questioned whether a policy such as Milgram's could have prevented the schoolyard slayings, and suggested that a tougher approach could discourage illegal immigrants from reporting crimes. The directive, however, prohibits officers from checking the immigration status of crime victims, witnesses or people seeking police assistance.
Milgram treaded lightly on a federal law allowing local police to be deputized as immigration agents. She said that the practice will be allowed in New Jersey, but that deputized agents can perform immigration status checks only after someone is arrested for an indictable offense.
While saying she did not want to "Monday morning quarterback" the Newark case, Milgram said that if the policy had been in place when Jose Carranza was indicted on the prior charges, federal officials might have placed an immigration hold on him, meaning he would have remained in custody or bail might have been set higher because of his immigration status.
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DOHHHH!
It is sad that 3 people had to be killed to wake up some politicians regarding illegal aliens.
Well curl my tail and call me Porky. A week ago this was a gun’s fault.
New Jersey is a cesspool of liberals and RATS controlling the state-—I know, since I lived there for 49 years-—after retiring I got my a— out and only go back to see my 8 kids on occasion—(have to leave my legal carry gun home or worry about getting locked up, since they love to come down on the decent citizens and let the criminals run wild and fully armed)-—no worse than NY or Californicator, Oregon and Washinton (state and DC), to name a few other RATHOLES—maybe O’Reilly woke them up after all-
"If the alleged assailants are found guilty of these brutal crimes, Newark and its political leadership share a degree of culpability," Tancredo said.
This story at:
http://www.northjersey.com/page.php?qstr=eXJpcnk3ZjczN2Y3dnFlZUVFeXkzJmZnYmVsN2Y3dnFlZUVFeXk3MTg0NDU4JnlyaXJ5N2Y3MTdmN3ZxZWVFRXl5Mg==
This should rock the boat and showcase what illegal immigration is doing to the nation.
Why not hold the politicians culpable? Didn't they swear an oath to uphold the constitution (Federal or State)?
Something tells me we, out here in LaLa land, won’t be seeing Attorney General Moonbeam rushing to the microphones to make a similar announcement...
Don’t know about the other states but in Oregon and Washington you can carry concealed.
This sounds huge. There is a very big corruption investigation going on in NJ. I think that is the real cause of the Leahy hassle.
These murdering illegal-alien thugs screwed up when they murdered 3 innocent black people and now the justifiable anger of the black community is having an effect at the state level.
If the illegal-alien thugs had murdered 3 innocent white people there would have been a much different outcome. First, there wouldn’t have been that much anger, not even from within the white community (or it would have been more subdued, more private, more covered up by the press) and second, no one at the state level would have given a rat’s ass about a few angry whites.
In the future, I suspect that murdering illegal-alien thugs will pick their victims more carefully, and then no one will notice, and they’ll be free to murder some more.
More Americans have been killed by illegal aliens in the last six years than have been killed in the WOT.
I think they are realizing they are going to be hit with mega lawsuits for intentionally failing to enforce the law.
"Notwithstanding any other provision of federal, state, or local law, a federal, state, or local government entity or official may not prohibit, or in any way restrict any government entity or official from sending to, or receiving from, the Immigration and Naturalization Service information regarding the citizenship or immigration status, lawful or unlawful, of any individual."
Thanks for the link.
A law suit will not bring the 3 kids back. However, I hope the families bring a billion dollar suit against all at every level from county to state to U.S.
"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus
Yes, I agree.
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