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• what do you think 63 illegals arrested after county sets them free all with ICE detainers that had been ignore , Prisons in Santa Clara County, Calif., are saying no to Immigration and Customs Enforcement and it’s leading to some embarrassing high profile incidents, including the arrests by federal agents of 63 illegal immigrants shortly after the county set them free.As part of an ordinance passed last November, ICE agents are barred from all Santa Clara County prison facilities. WND previously was told by a Santa Clara County official that there have been no high-profile embarrassing incidents as a result of the ordinance. But federal officials are reporting ICE agents arrested 63 people – all with ICE detainers that had been ignored by Santa Clara County – in just one recent raid. The San Jose Mercury News recently described the federal agency’s snub of county plans, saying, “In an apparent end-around Santa Clara County’s new immigration policy, federal agents [swept] into the South Bay last week, arrested 63 undocumented residents recently released from jail and now are seeking to deport them.” The report said, “The action comes two months after the county enacted a sweeping policy to reduce its role in aiding the federal deportation effort, and provoked outrage among community activists.” Among those detained in the raids, ICE released the descriptions of four especially bad players, including: “A Mexican national convicted earlier this year of felony possession of heroin for sale who was sentenced to six months in prison.” “A 49-year-old male Mexican national convicted in 2011 of child molestation.” “A 29-year-old male Mexican national with prior convictions for kidnapping and cocaine possession.” “A 48-year-old woman from Mexico with 13 aliases who has prior felony convictions for forgery and misuse of an entry document. Having been removed from the United States five times, she now faces federal prosecution for felony re-entry after deportation.” It was in November of 2011 when the Santa Clara County Board passed a plan that largely mirrored legislation passed in Cook County, Ill. Ostensibly, the legislation ended each county’s cooperation with the process of ICE detainers. ICE detainers are holds, up to two business days, that ICE places on municipal inmates. In the fine print of each piece of legislation is also language which spells out how the county will bar ICE agents from county prisons. much more at link.if to long to read, select another question. Will Calif set illegals free again and allow them to break as many laws as they please with no fear of ice ?

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  So what? According to your own source, they were not arrested for committing new offenses. They were arrested for improper immigration status. Santa Clara County has said it will not do ICE's job--that ICE has to do its job itself. ICE has done its job itself. I am afraid I do not share your outrage. ADD: I am not an activist, nor am I saying that those not legally present should not be arrested (that is a different issue entirely). The question is who should do the arresting. All I am saying is that it is ICE's job to arrest people whose only present offense is an immigration violation, and I am not upset when local law enforcement officials--whose duties do NOT include enforcing immigration law--decide to let ICE do their own job. I would note that had these people been citizens who committed the same previous offenses, they WOULD be "wandering off into communities" under the same conditions. That does not upset me, either. ADD2: You just don't get it, do you. Deporting people is a federal responsibility, and it is only in the past few years that the federal government has attempted to involve state police authorities in that duty. Nobody in Santa Clara law enforcement is saying that illegals should not be deported. They are saying that they do not want to take the time and taxpayer money to do the federal government's job. I am still not upset.