{"id":22419,"date":"2020-01-22T13:27:32","date_gmt":"2020-01-22T18:27:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.immigrationreform.com\/?p=22419"},"modified":"2020-01-22T13:27:34","modified_gmt":"2020-01-22T18:27:34","slug":"sanctuary-policy-ice-albence-immigrationreform-com","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.immigrationreform.com\/2020\/01\/22\/sanctuary-policy-ice-albence-immigrationreform-com\/","title":{"rendered":"ICE Adopts New Approach to Intransigent Sanctuary Jurisdictions"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

With New York City politicians showing they care more about protecting the feelings of special interests than the interests of public safety, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officials have decided to have adopt a new strategy. Last Friday, the agency subpoenaed<\/a> the New York City Department of Corrections (NYDOC)\u00a0for information about four criminal aliens who had been in their custody, including the illegal alien arrested for the rape and murder<\/a> of 92-year-old Maria Fuertes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

While rarely used in the past, agency officials argue\na different approach is necessary because cities are \u201cmore dangerous\u201d as a\nconsequence of sanctuary jurisdictions not honoring detainer requests.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThis is not a request \u2014 it\u2019s a demand. This is a last resort for us. Dangerous criminals are being released every single day in New York,\u201d Henry Lucero, acting Deputy Executive Associate Director for ICE\u2019s Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) told The Associated Press<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After years of obstinate resistance to allowing federal authorities to remove criminal aliens from the community, the frustration and impatience expressed by Lucero is understandable. For example, New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio sued<\/a> the Trump administration in 2018 over a policy to withhold certain law enforcement grants from sanctuary jurisdictions and that same year, he issued citywide rules<\/a> codifying those recklessly dangerous policies. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The mayor\u2019s fealty to the falsehood that ICE is a threat<\/a> and his insistence<\/a> that that sanctuary policy does not endanger New Yorkers may have been the last straw.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Acting ICE Director Matthew Albence countered on Twitter<\/a> that his agency \u201cissues detainers and make arrests based on probable cause. The exact same standard that the #NYPD<\/a>\u2014and every other law enforcement agency must adhere to\u2014when they make arrests for the crimes they\u2019re sworn to enforce.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The decision by Albence to hold a press conference last Friday to convey to the public that the individuals bring protected by the de Blasio administration are not nuisance criminals but real threats reflects an effort to counter the inaccurate portrait of ICE agents<\/a> as brutish bogeyman arresting innocents. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The agency is putting out the facts missing from the mainstream media by spotlighting<\/a> the criminals released onto the streets in sanctuary cities across the country. In the last month, they have criticized officials in Cook County, Illinois who have released<\/a> over 1,000 criminal aliens and immigration violators during the 2019 fiscal year. The sheriff\u2019s office in Franklin County, Ohio also drew attention for releasing<\/a> 29 criminal illegal aliens just since November. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The law enforcement agents are on the front lines\nevery day and they witness in human terms the impact every day. But the days of\nallowing politicians to get away with figurative murder are over. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt is past time to put aside all the political rhetoric and listen to the facts \u2013 and the fact is, people are being hurt and victimized every day because of jurisdictions that refuse to cooperate with ICE,\u201d says Albence.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

With New York City politicians showing they care more about protecting the feelings of special interests than the interests of public safety, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officials have decided to have adopt a new strategy. Last Friday, the agency subpoenaed the New York City Department of Corrections (NYDOC)\u00a0for information about four criminal aliens who<\/p>\n

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