Thread: illegal aliens released for lack of room at ICE facility

Man arrested in Wheat Ridge for human smuggling
Ten illegal aliens released for lack of room at ICE facility
by Vinita Nair
News2

April 18, 2007

WHEAT RIDGE (KWGN) -- A 36-year-old Mexican National is behind bars on charges of human smuggling in Wheat Ridge.

Wheat Ridge Police say they arrested Abram Calderon-Garcia Friday night around 6 p.m at the King Soopers in the 3400 block of Youngfield Street. They say a security guard in the supermarket noticed suspicious activity and contacted them.

"He'd noticed several individuals coming into the store and spending a lot of time in the bathroom and then going back out into the parking lot, and everyone was coming out of this one particular pick up truck," said Lisa Stigall, spkesperson for the Wheat Ridge Police Department.

When police arrived, they say they realized Calderon-Garcia was attempting to smuggle ten illegal aliens from their home in Mexico to a farm in Georgia. They were packed in the bed of his Ford F-150 truck, and according to police, it appeared they had not showered in days.

"It was obvious they were trying to clean up at the King Soopers," said Stigall.

Police say they arrested Calderon-Garcia, and then contacted Immigration and Customs Enforcement for his ten victims. It was then they learned ICE "did not have the resources, they have a 400-bed facility that is full, so those ten individuals had to be released," said Stigall.

ICE issued this statement in response:

"U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) works cooperatively with law enforcement agencies throughout our area of operations. We make every effort to quickly respond to requests for assistance from our law enforcement partners. At the same time, however, we must prioritize our response based on available resources and the critical nature of the request."

Wheat Ridge Police tell us they did give the illegal aliens information about nearby hotels, and returned to them the money they had given Calderon-Garcia to smuggle the there. When asked why they didn't arrest the illegal aliens themselves, Stigall said it is not illegal under state law for the to be here.
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But it is illegal under federal law! It is still against the law!!!!! Hold them if your jail has space!!!!

you know what there is always room for criminals. Anyone that let's them out should be required to house them at their personal home.

"U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) works cooperatively with law enforcement agencies throughout our area of operations. We make every effort to quickly respond to requests for assistance from our law enforcement partners. At the same time, however, we must prioritize our response based on available resources and the critical nature of the request."

Give them cots or sleeping bags & put them in jail. These people had been riding in the back of a pick-up from Mexico for days. They shouldn't expect first-class accommodations.

When asked why they didn't arrest the illegal aliens themselves, Stigall said it is not illegal under state law for the to be here.

Or maybe they didn't arrest them because the IAs were just passing through on their way to Georgia and that poor farmer really needed them.

Police say they arrested Calderon-Garcia, and then contacted Immigration and Customs Enforcement for his ten victims.

Since when are criminal aliens victims? They are co-conspirators to a crime!

Wheat Ridge Police tell us they did give the illegal aliens information about nearby hotels, and returned to them the money they had given Calderon-Garcia to smuggle the there.

What kind of BS is that, the money should have been confiscated as evidence against the smuggler. When we arrest a drug pusher do we return the money he has to the drug users? The money was used in the commission of a crime and should be utlized to aid in fighting future crime.

Where's Wheat Ridge?

Originally Posted by MW

What kind of BS is that, the money should have been confiscated as evidence against the smuggler. When we arrest a drug pusher do we return the money he has to the drug users? The money was used in the commission of a crime and should be utlized to aid in fighting future crime.

Where's Wheat Ridge?

I agree MW; and it looks like Wheat Ridge is in Colorado. Every county in every state should build a detention center using confiscated funds and property etc. Illegals should NOT be released.

DIDNT WE CONTRACT KBR FOR DETENTION CENTERS.385 MILLION DOLLARS WORTH.WHY DONT WE USE SOME OF THEM TILL DEPORTATION.

Smuggled illegal aliens that are just released on US soil? They are kidding me right? If you cannot jail them at least drive them back to the border and release them there!!!

Once again I'm left wondering what in the world Bush is talking about when he says catch & release is a thing of the past. I know I've heard him say that at least twice over the last month or two.

Yes, why weren't they put on a bus and sent back? Or maybe they should have gone down to the local Army surplus store and bought a tent some sleeping bags and housed them in that if its good enough for some its good enough for others, they could even throw in some pink underwear