See, there’s only some laws certain people like
After Judge’s Arrest, Massachusetts Prosecutors Sue to Stop Courthouse Arrests of Immigrants
Days after a judge and court officer were arrested on charges they helped a man evade immigration authorities, advocates are filing a lawsuit against Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s practice of arresting people at local courthouses.
The Middlesex County District Attorney’s Office announced a group of prosecutors, public defenders and community groups plan to file a lawsuit on Monday over courthouses arrests, arguing the arrests deter victims and witnesses from cooperating with law enforcement on local criminal cases.
“Prosecutors are forced to abandon cases because many victims and witnesses are deterred from appearing in court. The policy also makes it more difficult to obtain defendants’ appearance[s] in court,” District Attorney Marian Ryan wrote in a joint statement with Suffolk County District Attorney Rachael Rollins.
District Attorney Rachael Rollins told her staff to notify her office if they see immigration agents arresting or questioning people inside courthouses, but what happens after?
What happens? Well, ICE agents are in less danger of the illegal alien having a dangerous weapon, and can get them in a controlled space. That whole schtick about abandoning cases is absurd. They shouldn’t be in the nation to start with.
And any officer of the court who is trying to obstruct federal law should be charged if possible for violations of federal laws on illegal immigration.
Rollins, who releases her policy objectives in a memo in March, said her office will take immigration status into account when charging and sentencing as even misdemeanor convictions could get someone flagged by immigration agents. She also asked assistant district attorneys, witness advocates or other employees to notify her if they see ICE agents arresting people scheduled to appear in court or asking them about their immigration status.
So, her office is going to treat illegal aliens better than legal U.S. citizens? Charge her with aiding and abetting illegal aliens, plus, this policy is ripe for a lawsuit from citizens who have gotten stiffer sentences than illegals.
