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Sheriffs Refusing to Put Hold on Immigrant Inmates for Feds
Newsmax ^ | 7/6/14 | Sandy Fitzgerald

Posted on 07/07/2014 9:11:05 AM PDT by Nachum

Dozens of sheriffs around the country are refusing to detain noncitizens convicted of crimes for extra time to allow the federal government to start deportation proceedings after a court ruling that one immigrant's civil rights had been violated when she was held without probable cause.

"When a judge says something is in violation of the Fourth Amendment, I am not going to just keep doing it," Sheriff William Gore of San Diego told The New York Times. "If they want to take someone into federal custody, the can decide to do that, but I am not going to keep holding somebody because they ask me to, and nothing more than that."

But the local decisions could limit the how the government enforces immigration law while decreasing the numbers of people deported each year.

Sheriffs started refusing to honor the federal detainee policy that asks them to hold inmates for up to 48 hours without probable cause for a criminal violation after this spring's ruling by a federal judge in Oregon.

The refusal quickly spread, with noncitizen offenders getting released as soon as they have done their time, rather than being held for the Department of Homeland Security.

Many of the sheriffs in California, Minnesota, Kansas, and Washington, as well as Oregon, said the court decision forced their action in the interest of self-protection, rather than anything to do with their positions on immigration.

In June, California Attorney General Kamala Harris sent out an advisory telling law enforcement departments they could face lawsuits if they abide by the federal government's detainer requests.

(Excerpt) Read more at newsmax.com ...


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KEYWORDS: aliens; feds; immigrant; inmates; sherriffs
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1 posted on 07/07/2014 9:11:05 AM PDT by Nachum
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To: Jet Jaguar; NorwegianViking; ExTexasRedhead; HollyB; FromLori; EricTheRed_VocalMinority; ...

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2 posted on 07/07/2014 9:11:28 AM PDT by Nachum (Obamacare: It's. The. Flaw.)
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To: Nachum

This country has gone totally insane


3 posted on 07/07/2014 9:13:00 AM PDT by GeronL (Vote for Conservatives not for Republicans)
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To: Nachum

So does local law enforcement have to enforce federal gun laws? Can we pick and choose on all the laws?


4 posted on 07/07/2014 9:15:55 AM PDT by rey
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To: Nachum

No wonder people have started to revolt, just as I have predicted.


5 posted on 07/07/2014 9:16:03 AM PDT by Biggirl (“Go, do not be afraid, and serve”-Pope Francis)
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To: Nachum

But why wouldn’t a Federal Detainer Request be considered probable cause??? At least for purposes of holding the Sheriffs’ actions harmless?


6 posted on 07/07/2014 9:16:22 AM PDT by NonValueAdded ("The Arab Spring is over. Welcome to the Jihadi Spring." Jonah Goldberg)
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To: GeronL
Right, come on into the socialist utopia of the USA. No need to do it legally, and what you'll get is free food, free medical, free room and board, never work again! The citizens of the US will do it for you! All you have to do is say you'll vote Democrat, and the Republican party will just sit on their hands and look like this.......


7 posted on 07/07/2014 9:17:58 AM PDT by GrandJediMasterYoda (Hitlery: Incarnation of evil.)
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To: Nachum
ruling by a federal judge in Oregon.

The States and localities are going to have to start ignoring these black robed tyrants.

"[a] strict observance of the written law is doubtless one of the high duties of a good citizen, but it is not the highest. The laws of necessity, of self-preservation, of saving our country when in danger, are of higher obligation. To lose our country by a scrupulous adherence to the written law, would be to lose the law itself, with life, liberty, property and all those who are enjoying them with us; thus absurdly sacrificing the ends to the means." - Thomas Jefferson

8 posted on 07/07/2014 9:20:36 AM PDT by Count of Monte Fisto (The foundation of modern society is the denial of reality.)
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9 posted on 07/07/2014 9:21:01 AM PDT by Nachum (Obamacare: It's. The. Flaw.)
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To: Biggirl

Personally, I think instead of state and local officials around the country wondering what the Feds will do, litigate or otherwise impede enforcement and adjudication of local justice PER LAW, the Feds should be wondering about whether they are too complacent about arriving home safely at night.


10 posted on 07/07/2014 9:21:23 AM PDT by Gaffer
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To: Nachum

Coyote in chief.


11 posted on 07/07/2014 9:22:10 AM PDT by cripplecreek (Remember the River Raisin.)
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To: Liz; AuntB; La Lydia; sickoflibs; stephenjohnbanker; Tolerance Sucks Rocks; 2ndDivisionVet

PING


12 posted on 07/07/2014 9:22:29 AM PDT by Tennessee Nana
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To: Count of Monte Fisto

So glad you posted that Count.

Why on earth do we follow laws in our fight to save ourselves from those who do not follow the laws who want to end us?

Just don’t even right down names of illegals. Just take them back. It. Never. Happened.

Once you stop following rules promulgated by the enemy, things become easier.


13 posted on 07/07/2014 9:24:00 AM PDT by Principled (Obama: Unblemished by success.)
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To: Nachum

First it was the Dreamer children. Then it was the massive influx of who knows what from where. Now it is criminals. Funny how illegals get better treatment than most Americans would at the hands of this tyrant obama.


14 posted on 07/07/2014 9:24:02 AM PDT by PghBaldy (12/14 - 930am -rampage begins... 12/15 - 1030am - Obama's advance team scouts photo-op locations.)
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To: Nachum

“forced their action in the interest of self-protection”
Says a lot.


15 posted on 07/07/2014 9:26:50 AM PDT by Rusty0604
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To: rey

Obama picks and chooses which laws he will enforce. So why can’t everyone else pick and choose what laws they will obey?


16 posted on 07/07/2014 9:41:02 AM PDT by Blood of Tyrants (Haven't you lost enough freedoms? Support an end to the WOD now.)
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To: Gaffer

Yep. That sentiment is gaining support.


17 posted on 07/07/2014 9:56:27 AM PDT by laplata (Liberals don't get it .... their minds are diseased.)
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To: Nachum

Good.


18 posted on 07/07/2014 9:57:37 AM PDT by GSWarrior
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To: Principled

“Why on earth do we follow laws .....?

How about because your government will take everything you’ve worked for if you refuse.

That’s why having nothing to lose is a benefit.....


19 posted on 07/07/2014 9:59:47 AM PDT by jcon40
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To: Nachum

Methinks the federal government is collapsing under it’s own weight.

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20 posted on 07/07/2014 10:50:16 AM PDT by Mears
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