Man ordered detained by ICE 9 times arrested on suspicion of woman's stabbing death [View all]
Source: San Jose Mercury News
SAN JOSE – A homeless man arrested on Monday on suspicion of stabbing a San Jose woman to death last month was an undocumented immigrant who had been ordered detained by federal authorities nine times, officials said Tuesday. But the man, who had multiple convictions for misdemeanor and felony offenses, was released from the Santa Clara County jail twice in the months before the killing.
On Tuesday, San Jose Mayor Sam Liccardo issued a sharply-worded criticism of the county’s policy of not honoring federal immigration detention orders at the jail. Liccardo said the policy “undermines public safety, and violates common sense.”
San Jose Police Chief Eddie Garcia joined with Liccardo and Santa Clara County Sheriff Laurie Smith in criticizing the policy Tuesday. At a press conference, Garcia said he was well aware of the ways in which the case probably would be politicized amid a heated national debate over immigration and local “sanctuary” policies meant to protect undocumented residents from federal authorities.
But, Garcia said, there was a distinction between protecting and embracing “otherwise law-abiding undocumented residents” and policies that he said “shield admitted gangsters or violent criminals.”
Read more: https://www.mercurynews.com/2019/03/11/police-arrest-suspect-in-murder-of-south-san-jose-woman/
Mayor Liccardo's statement is here via KGO-TV/ABC7 News.
Of course, San Jose is the city where protests outside a Trump rally turned violent in June 2016. Yet I do not see San Jose mentioned in President Trump's Twitter feed yet (but the typical bleating is there about the "witch hunt" regarding Russia).
Cases like these, sadly, give ammunition to the "build the wall" crowd.
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