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Excerpts: “The judge, the prosecutor, the sheriff and the jail are basically all throwing their hands up and saying, ‘ICE told us to hold him, so we’re going t
by breadwinner 1y ago
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“The judge, the prosecutor, the sheriff and the jail are basically all throwing their hands up and saying, ‘ICE told us to hold him, so we’re going to keep holding him,’ even though no one disagrees with the fact that he’s a citizen. So they’re right now unlawfully holding a US citizen. They’ve dismissed the underlying criminal charges, so the only reason they’re holding him is because ICE sent a piece of paper over that says, ‘Please hold this person for us. We’ll come pick him up later,’” Greer said.
- eximius 1y agoIt really seems like the sheriff and jail ought to be able, and morally obligated, to ignore such an ask/order from ICE if they know it to be legally invalid.
- dragonwriter 1y agoICE ought not to be able to issue a "hold order" directing the seizure of a person -- and, even if the person was already in custody, if the order can have any force after they would have been released from custody without the order, that is exactly what it is -- without a judicial determination of probable cause. Because the "hold order" is functioning as an a de facto arrest warrant, and we have a Constitutional standard for those.
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