Immigration

Arlington, VA sheriff office will ‘no longer’ cooperate with ICE

Published

9 months ago

December 26, 2022

In an unprecedented move, the Arlington, Virginia County Sheriff’s Office (ACSO) has declared it will no longer voluntarily work with the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agency in dealing with undocumented migrants.

The announcement was made in a letter sent from Arlington County Sheriff Beth Arthur, to appease advocacy groups. Arthur writes the office “will no longer recognize any ‘voluntary action’ requests from ICE nor place the information in our records management system.”

She added the “updated policy” includes the fact that the sheriff’s office also “no longer contact ICE for any releases from our facility, to include felony charges.”

Arthur notes the policy is to become “effective 12/20/2022.” Arthur wrote the letter and policy change after being invited to a community meeting set up by the advocacy group La ColectiVA, earlier this month, during which she heard personal stories.

“First, I would like to thank you for inviting me and my staff to the community event to hear the impactful experiences that individuals and families in the community have had to face regarding ICE interactions. I listened to the concerns and impacts with an open mind, and I have also consulted with my attorney (as I told you I would), and carefully considered all the information that was given to me,” Arthur began her letter.

“We celebrate this community win,” said Danny Cendejas, a community organizer with immigrant advocacy group La ColectiVA. “People in the neighborhoods have been speaking up about the criminalization they have faced, their direct experiences of being targeted, family members even being deported because of county policies collaborating with ICE.”

Elections

Trump, Rep Biggs: invoking the Alien Enemies Act to enable widespread deportation will ‘be necessary’

Published

19 hours ago

September 22, 2023

Sara Carter Staff

At a recent rally in Iowa, former President Donald Trump promised that if elected again in 2024, he would invoke the Alien Enemies Act to enable widespread deportation of migrants who have illegally entered the United States. Since President Joe Biden took office in January of 2021, over 6 million people have illegally entered the country.

Republican Representative Andy Biggs from border state Arizona, which is among the states suffering the greatest consequences from the Biden administration policies, lamented that Trump’s suggestion will be “necessary.”

Speaking on the “Just the News, No Noise” television show, Biggs stated “[I]t’s actually gonna have to be necessary.” Biggs then added his thoughts on how many more people will continue to cross the border under Biden: “Because by the time Trump gets back in office, you will have had over 10 million, in my opinion, over 10 million illegal aliens cross our border and come into the country, under the Biden regime.”

“And so when you start deporting people, and removing them from this country, what that does is that disincentivizes the tens of thousands of people who are coming,” Biggs went on. “And by the way, everyday down in Darién Gap, which is in Panama… over 5,000 people a day. [I] talk[ed] to one of my sources from the gap today. And I will just tell you, those people that you’ve seen come come in to Eagle Pass, over 7,000 in a three day period, most of those two weeks ago, were down crossing into the Darién Gap.”

“And those people… make their way up and they end up in the Eagle Pass [Texas], Del Rio area,” he continued. “So if you want to disincentivize them, you remove them from the country, which is why they remain in Mexico policy was so doggone effective at slowing down illegal border crossings.”