Posted Dec 30, 2011, 10:25 am
ICE announced new rules and paperwork for immigrant detainees on Friday.
Anyone being held by state or local law enforcement will be notified about any removal proceedings and their rights, ICE said.
A new form has been issued to help detainees. ICE also has a 24-hour hotline number — (855) 448-6903 — for those who believe they are citizens or may be victims of crime. Translators are available from 7 a.m. to midnight, ICE said.
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@buddhaboy
Detainers aren’t a mandate for a local jurisdiction to permanently hold someone whose immigration status is in question — that wouldn’t be legal. They are requests by the feds to hold someone who has been picked up for a local offense until they are able to be processed into the federal system, so that they aren’t released. You seem to be arguing against a process that was set up to forestall the very problem you allege.
do local jurisdictions have the capacity, money, inclination or wherewithall to hold detainees? In many cases I think not. Therefore this is another well disguised rule to allow illegal aliens many of them criminals to escape our law. It will happen. There will be many illegal aliens released, escaping our laws and committing crimes in our country.George Sorros and his puppets strike again. Close the border.
National I.D. would take care of a judge determining who is illegal. Cant speak english, doesnt have a visa or entry card, doesnt know the capital of Utah. Just put Sheriff Joe on the phone with detainee. He can tell him his rights and determine if hes legal or illegal. Close the border to end this costly problem.*&$$# Mexico.