Posted on 02/14/2014 1:13:45 PM PST by jazusamo
Caving into the demands of a leftist civil rights group, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has terminated an enforcement program that apprehends illegal immigrants in California’s central valley.
The unbelievable story comes out of Kern County in Bakersfield, which is considered the heart of the nation’s most populous state. The increasingly powerful American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) didn’t like that the DHS agency responsible for deporting illegal aliens, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), was doing its job.
So the ACLU, which has repeatedly shown to wield tremendous power in the Obama administration, fired off a letter demanding that the “abusive” arrests cease immediately because they were creating a “culture of fear” among the undocumented. Evidently, ICE was arresting illegal immigrants who conducted state business at the Kern County Courthouse. Some were paying fines, appearing for court hearings or getting married, the ACLU writes in its letter.
One Mexican illegal alien (Hector Esquivel Chavez) arrested by ICE had shown up at the Bakersfield courthouse to pay a ticket for driving without a license. This really bothered the ACLU, which expresses anger in its letter that the 19-year-old man got deported even though he produced a Mexican document called “matricula consular,” which is meaningless in the U.S. “Mr. Esquivel Chavez has now been separated from his family for nearly a month and may never be able to reunite with them – all because he attempted to pay his ticket as the law demands,” the ACLU writes.
Ironically, the civil rights group also blasts DHS for impeding residents from complying with the law—even though their presence in the U.S. violates federal law—and accessing essential court services by arresting them. This undermines the public health and safety of the entire Kern County community, according to the ACLU. The courthouse roundups demonstrate the “need for ICE to alter its policies and trainings nationwide,” the ACLU writes in the letter to DHS.
Like an obedient lapdog, the agency has obliged. In a letter to the ACLU, ICE Executive Associate Director for Enforcement and Removal, Thomas Homan, thanks the group for writing and says the agency has “reviewed its standard operating procedures for the Kern County Courthouse (KCSC).” After the so-called review ICE has “decided to refrain from taking enforcement actions at the KCSC, except in exigent circumstances,” Homan writes. He thanks the ACLU again for its interest in the matter and encourages the group to contact ICE if it continues to have “case-specific concerns regarding any immigration enforcement action.”
This likely means that whenever the ACLU snaps its fingers, ICE will act. We’ve seen this over and over again throughout the Obama administration. The Obama Department of Justice (DOJ) has colluded with the ACLU on a number of immigration-related cases, including mounting legal challenges to Arizona’s get-tough illegal alien law. In 2011 Judicial Watch uncovered DOJ documents that actually show the DOJ worked hand-in-hand with the ACLU to fight Arizona’s measure to curb illegal immigration.
The ACLU has also blocked the deportation of a number of illegal aliens on the verge of deportation, indicating that it’s calling the shots at the Obama DHS. A recent example is the case of a California farm worker arrested by police. When local authorities ran her fingerprints, the woman was identified as an illegal immigrant and ICE was notified. As per federal law the agency placed a detainer on the woman, Ruth Montano, and started the deportation process. The ACLU intervened and Montano was allowed to remain in the U.S.
The ACLU has also teamed up with the Obama administration to get rid of Secure Communities, a program that orders federal detainers for illegal immigrants arrested by local police. The ACLU has for years fought to stop placing the holds (which ultimately result in deportation) on illegal aliens who don’t have serious criminal convictions. Because California has the nation’s highest illegal immigrant population the ACLU has been especially active in the state.
The only modification in these arrests should have been for ICE to arrest them after they paid their fines.
Nice, now the Mexican border police is going to man the border.
I truly feel that I just can’t take this nonsense anymore.
It’s sad when you regret being a law abiding citizen your entire life. I guess we are all saps.
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Might as well, the law means nothing to this administration.
I hear you, and for being law abiding citizens these criminals simply laugh at us.
By criminals I mean the illegals and many supposed leaders inside the government.
So, the ALCU can just write a letter and change DHS policy? Man, if it is THAT easy, I am going to write some letters to a few federal agencies! Oh, wait, I am not a Friend of Obama, so my letters will likely result in a full IRS audit and a visit from a host of federal agencies.
We need a conservative group called Americans Concerned about Latin Undocumenteds
and demand DHS begin arresting illegals.
They will listen to the ACLU. Set up another ACLU and demand they enforce our laws.
“Caving into the demands of a leftist civil rights group, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has terminated an enforcement program that apprehends illegal immigrants in California’s central valley.”
Fine. Now cut the DHS budget accordingly.
I completely agree.
30 or more years ago I never thought I’d see the day that not only POTUS but an administration under him wouldn’t protect our borders or only enforce laws that they liked.
Amen to that, if only we didn’t have weak sisters running the GOP.
If the ACLU wants all the police dept’s,courts to stop chatting about how they chatted with another police dept and found out about some other outstanding charges. The ACLU should extend this to practice to all citizens as well as granting to them the police and courts wants to assure the defendant they will not run a check on your background or call to another police station to chat with other law enforcement, if the police have reason to believe that the person showing up for court date ,cannot have anything held against them by police sharing and exchanging information.The police agree to chat only about current charges.Make this system of laws for everyone.If illegals can get special treatment.Citziens should also get it.It’s the Obama new world order way today.
It's about time for some massive civil disobedience.
Well said...As far as I know the ACLU up until the 0bama administration had to win lawsuits to inflict their leftism on our nation, not any longer it seems.
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