Last week, ICE officials picked up a suspected Venezuelan gang member on his release from NorCo's jail after serving a misdemeanor sentence of 3-6 months for a sexual offense related to a person under 16. This Venezuelan is in this country illegally and is subject to deportation. According to The Morning Call, an ICE news release claimed that an immigration detainer, which is essentially a request that they be notified 48 hours before someone is released, was ignored.
Executive Lamont McClure explained at last night's NorCo County Council meeting last night what actually happened. "I believe that an undocumented person who also commits crimes, if ICE wants them, to deport them, they should be able to deport them. He said the county devised a procedure in which it will hold an undocumented immigrant for 48 hours after the sentence is served to give ICE an opportunity to determine if they want to take an undocumented criminal. The county will hold the immigrant an additional further 48 hours if ICE obtains a warrant signed by a federal magistrate. "If they don't have that, they are released at the date and time they're released, and ICE can pick them up on the corner." He added that "people who are here unlawfully and commit crimes should be deported, but there are also constitutional limitations."
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The mental gymnastics to not call the animal what he truly is. He's an illegal alien who was abusing a child. Why is that so hard to say, Lamont? Rs should force this issue on every D who is running. They won't protect our kids. Make them admit that at every turn of the campaign. There's a reason Trump won NorCo.
So did the county ignore a detainer?
Bernie O’Hare: because an ICE detainer does not have the approval of a federal judge, the answer is yes. But the county will hold a prisoner 48 hours without one and notify aIce so he can be picked up. This amounts to precisely what a detainer permits but without exposing the county to civil liability like Lehigh County faced.
Lamont McClure’s common sense and legal approach to this matter must be the correct one. MAGA doesn’t like it and neither does the Far Left. McClure is a true moderate.
If McClure wasn’t planning on running for Congress his answer would have been a lot different. We’re not fooled. He’s a bleeding heart liberal. This scum should have been deported the minute he was arrested. All these ILLEGALS should be. We have laws. Democrats don’t enforce them when they think it will benefit them. They don’t care about the American citizens, just like they don’t care about women by letting men play in their sport's.
What constitutional rights does a child abuser illegal alien have? None!!!
So the Morning Call is fake news. Got it. Finally we all can agree on something
Nope they tried to protect the county from the wreckless ICE agents. Get a warrant and do things the right way ICE. They know a detainer is just not enough.
ICE is lazy. That is part of the narrative Trump and his MAGA minions ignore.
That's because McClure is right and far from a fialed leader. Giovanni should take notes instead of throwing stones.
The Morning Call is primarily Associated Press repeats. To that extent, the Morning Call is NOT a reliable, trustworthy, and unbiased source of State and Federal news. It is a promoter of Liberalism and Democrats. But, I’ve been a daily subscriber for 50 years and will continue.
anyone who commits a crime is subject to the legal process in this country... that's how it works, (or is supposed to) whether they're here legally or not / like it or not. otherwise, there is no "law & order"
Democrats are defending USAId once again how can any body vote for a democrat?
So did the County contact ICE 48 hours before his release or not? He talks about a policy in which the County would hold someone for up to 48 hours after their release (and an additional 48 hours with a warrant), but did not address the issue raised which was whether or not the County contacted ICE 48 hours before his release.
The county always contacts ICE when there is an illegal that is housed before release and will hold 48 hours as they did in this case.
If the county holds detainer for other counties and other agency state federal local why is ICE the only one given a time frame to come and pick someone up. Why does there need to be a federal magistrate signature on the paper work for them but not other detainer. If an agency states the person is wanted they should be held until they are handed over to said agency. If they choose not to come get them they should notify NCP.
The 48 hours is bullshit. It’s an unreasonable limit when there’s holidays and weekends involved . In most counties it’s 10 days. The 48 hour rule is an arbitrary time limit made up by Northampton county and has absolutely nothing to do with what’s required under the law.
What are the constitutional limitations? Was the offender paroled or did he serve his maximum sentence? If he was being paroled there is no constitutional right to parole so they could have held the offender longer than 48 hours. It sounds like 48 hours is something they made up out of thin air with no legal basis. With a violent sex offender like this Lamont needs to try harder. He’s full of shit
So Trump's administration is incompetent. No surprise there.
ICE is way understaffed because the Biden administration gutted it. You and your liberal friends seem to care more about violent sex offenders, illegal alians, criminals, and gang members. You’re not well seek help.
1:38 PM you are a stupid left wing idiot Tump's administration is the most competent in History and they are proving that everyday you must be an idiot.
Hold them longer. We have cubs on many rights, not least of which is being held without bail. For those alleged criminals who shouldn't even be here, I'm willing to bend the rules to protect children, including the children of our legal immigrants. I don't think this is unreasonable. I suspect our majority blue-run county government was in no hurry to help ICE, however. Choose wisely in November.
Mcclure is going to the center right for his congress run. At the time he gave a real leftist liberal speech about ICE.
Why do you keep saying McClure is running for Congress ? He’s said no such thing.
It’s what he didn’t say.
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