Noem makes aggressive new move to ramp up arrests, deportations of illegal immigrants

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Immigration Detainers

On March 19 due to precautions implemented by employers and employees associated with COVID-19, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced that it would exercise prosecutorial discretion to defer the physical presence requirements associated with the Employment Eligibility Verification...

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That's great. So they just let child rapists go in MA. Good job by the MA SC

First off, accused child rapist, still awaiting trial. Second, due process applies to all people, regardless of how heinous the crimes are.

I don't understand people who think it's a good idea to release dangerous criminals into the public

We can't lock up people for what they might do. In this particular case I agree he shouldn't have been released, but that's because he's quite clearly a flight risk. But simply holding somebody indefinitely because he might commit a crime is a clear violation of due process.

Departments are worried about being sued by the criminals, their victims should sue

I would love to see that. "Your Honor, I want to sue because they refused to violate the Constitution."

Here's a Newsweek story from last October:

He was arraigned in Middlesex County Superior Court on charges of aggravated rape of a child by force and rape of a child by force on September 4.
According to Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) Boston, officials at Middlesex County Superior Court "ignored ERO Boston's immigration detainer and released Hernandez-Rodas from custody on an unknown date."

Court released illegal immigrant accused of raping child

A 38-year-old Guatemalan national entered the U.S. illegally as a "gotaway" and was charged in June with aggravated forcible rape of a child in Massachusetts.

www.newsweek.com

Also, not Boston. And yes, it was the Boston field office but that field office (which incidentally is itself not in Boston) has responsibility for the entirety of New England. As I said, it is against the law in MA to enforce immigration detainers, but that's a matter of due process and not sanctuary policies.