Posted on 07/07/2014 12:01:19 PM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
The city of Los Angeles announced Monday that it will no longer honor requests from federal immigration officials to detain undocumented immigrants for possible deportation without either a court order or arrest warrant, citing constitutional concerns raised by recent court decisions.
In announcing the decision, Mayor Eric Garcetti and police Chief Charlie Beck cited a recent decision by a federal judge in Oregon who found that local authorities violated the 4th Amendment rights of an undocumented immigrant held for two weeks on an ICE hold despite being eligible for release. Specifically, the judge found that such detainers lacked the necessary legal underpinnings, such as probable cause or a judicial determination, required to hold a suspect for a longer period.
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Nothing new here.
The LAPD has turned blind eye to illegal immigration for decades.
Congress needs to defund ICE if they are not doing the job they were setup to do.
Congress needs to pass a $0 annual budget and see how the left responds
Hey judge! How is it that an illegal invader who is NOT an American citizen has ANY freakin’ rights granted by the Constitution of the United States to its citizens? Oh, because you said so? OK.
Why on Earth would you want to turn a 1st world city into a 3rd world cesspool ? What the heck are they smoking ?
More votes for the Democrats of course.
I don’t understand. Why are they being held in the first place? Because they’re here illegally? If that’s the case then why are they being released? Why aren’t they simply being shipped back across the border?
They should release some of those tatted up MS-13 teens down in the ELA barrio.
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