Thread: VA: Sheriff: Two ready for ICE training

Sheriff: Two ready for ICE training
Liz Mitchell
Culpeper Star Exponent
Friday, June 22, 2007


It’s a wait-and-see game with Immigrations Customs Enforcement but Sheriff H. Lee Hart told the Public Safety Committee Thursday that he has two employees ready for training.

In September 2006, Hart first began discussions with ICE regarding enforcement opportunities for localities and the challenge of jail space if arresting undocumented citizens becomes the norm.

Discussions over the past year have primarily been exploratory but Sheriff’s Lt. Brad Sullivan said all the paperwork is filled out and ready to go if ICE makes training available.

ICE training would allow local law enforcement officers to take suspected illegal immigrants into custody only as a result of the officer’s daily duties.

The Immigration and Nationality Act, Section 287(g), allows the federal government to enter into agreements with state and local law enforcement agencies that would permit designated officers to perform immigration law enforcement functions provided they receive appropriate training.

Last year, ICE only offered a training session in Oklahoma. While it will pay for the training and costs associated with sending local law enforcement, it tries to provide sessions by state, Sullivan said. ICE has not named any new training opportunities in the near future.

However, it knows Culpeper is interested should training become available, Sullivan said.

Currently if the Sheriff’s Office comes into contact with people who aren’t American citizens, it is required to fill out a form and submit it to ICE.

“This form is sent to an ICE representative and they determine whether or not this individual is wanted for a crime in this country and then they will evaluate whether or not this person should be deported,â€

The funny thing is... well not funny but the thing is, all police officers that enforce all of the other laws are qualified.

TITLE 8 > CHAPTER 12 > SUBCHAPTER II > Part VIII > § 1324

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(c) Authority to arrest
No officer or person shall have authority to make any arrests for a violation of any provision of this section except officers and employees of the Service designated by the Attorney General, either individually or as a member of a class, and all other officers whose duty it is to enforce criminal laws.

P.S. And if they don't take the oaths of office they took seriously enough to arrest the illegal invaders themselves maybe they should concentrate on those that are aiding and abetting them.

Federal Immigration and Nationality Act
Section 8 USC 1324(a)(1)(A)(iv)(b)(iii)

"Any person who . . . encourages or induces an alien to . . . reside . . . knowing or in reckless disregard of the fact that such . . . residence is . . . in violation of law, shall be punished as provided . . . for each alien in respect to whom such a violation occurs . . . fined under title 18 . . . imprisoned not more than 5 years, or both."
Section 274 felonies under the federal Immigration and Nationality Act, INA 274A(a)(1)(A):
A person (including a group of persons, business, organization, or local government) commits a federal felony when she or he:
* assists an alien s/he should reasonably know is illegally in the U.S. or who lacks employment authorization, by transporting, sheltering, or assisting him or her to obtain employment, or
* encourages that alien to remain in the U.S. by referring him or her to an employer or by acting as employer or agent for an employer in any way, or
* knowingly assists illegal aliens due to personal convictions.

P.S.P.S. Maybe if the police don't take their oaths seriously enough to go after the illegal invaders or those that are aiding and abetting them they could go after the politician that refuse to abide by the Constitution and each other!!!!!

The Constitution of the United States of America

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Article IV
Section 4. The United States shall guarantee to every state in this union a republican form of government, and shall protect each of them against invasion; and on application of the legislature, or of the executive (when the legislature cannot be convened) against domestic violence.

My apologies to Hart. I sort of flew off the handle but it does look like he cares.

He seems smart enough to see through much of this new scam and I should be thankful he is speaking up and warning the rest of us.

Big-city chiefs chime in on ICE training
Allison Brophy Champion
Staff Writer
Sunday, June 24, 2007


By now, most everyone in Culpeper has heard about the 287 (g) “Delegation of Immigration Authorityâ€