“...and the detectives had no way of knowing the man wasn’t an American citizen...”
Of course they didn’t! They aren’t allowed to ask!!! This is Catch 22 BS in spades.
You’re right about the catch 22.
To take it a step further, if all of the open border advocates demand that the police departments operate as “sanctuary cities” then the police would not ask a criminal suspect about his immigration status. If the police cannot ask about immigration status, how can anyone expect the police to know to contact a foreign consulate for a criminal suspect?
This seems like it could be a definite catch 22, although I don’t know if the police in this specific case operate as “sanctuary city.”
Liberals, whether they are open border advocates, criminal apologists, or appeasers for tyranny, apply their standard rule of “Heads I win...Tails you lose” to everybody else.