Thread: 1st Illegal Alien Reported under new NJ directive

Police arrest Columbian man, notify immigration official

Monday, August 27, 2007

By JASON TSAI
STAFF WRITER


ELMWOOD PARK — A 27-year-old native Columbian became the first undocumented resident to be reported to immigration officials by borough police under a new state directive.

Monday’s arrest of Sabian Velasco, of 3rd Street, came five days after state Attorney General Anne Milgram said local police must now notify the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement of all illegal-immigrant arrests.

Velasco was arrested around 1:30 p.m. after he chased people inside his house with a three-foot machete, said police Sgt. Bryan DiPasquale.

DiPasquale described the victims as “in their 40s and familiar with [Velasco].â€

Well that's no fair. He was only chasing them, he didn't actually cut anyone

Isn't it odd that the judge knows he's an illegal yet he still has the option of $50k bail? Are they asking for a repeat of the Newark schoolyard murders?

And it seems foolish that they can't ask the other family members if they're also illegal.

must be a great honor to be the first they might give him a parade when he gets home

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