What’s not to protest? This guy is just a poor illegal trying to make a better life, you know
Advocates protest Orange County sheriff after man taken into ICE custody
A Hillsborough man is being held in ICE custody and supporters are accusing Orange County Sheriff Charles Blackwood of giving tips to federal authorities, something the sheriff’s advocates said he would not do.
Jocsan Cornejo was arrested on June 23 for charges including driving while impaired, assault on a female and assault on a child under 12 years old. He was taken into ICE custody July 18, before he had the chance to bond out of county jail, according to his wife.
“This experience has been a nightmare,” Maria Huerta said. “He is our only support. I’ve had to go back to work, even though doctors have recommended against it. My kids are suffering a lot, too.”
Who is she? Wife, girlfriend, friend? Are the kids his? What about the part of DUI, assault on a female, and assault on a child under 12? And not mentioned in the above article is that he was also driving on a suspended license. Do those things matter? These are not minor issues. Or, do the Open Borders advocates prioritize making sure no illegal is deported over assault on a woman and a child? Yes, they apparently do.
The Open Borders advocates were apparently protesting the Orange County sheriff releasing Cornejo to ICE, per this and most of the articles out there. Not particularly the best illegal alien to do the protest over, eh? Here’s what the Orange County sheriff’s office had to say
(WTVD) OCDC received a detainer request for Mr. Cornejo on June 23 from a California office. On June 25, we received a second detainer request from the Cary, NC office. Both detainer requests asked us to hold Mr. Cornejo for up to 48 hours after our authority to detain him would otherwise end. As per our usual practice, detention center staff filed a copy in Cornejo’s inmate shuck. He remained detained in our facility because no one posted his bond and because his state charges were not yet resolved.
As routinely happens, on the morning of July 18, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) called to inquire about inmates for whom they had submitted detainer requests, including a request for information about Cornejo. Later, the OCDC Administrator placed a call to DHS to clarify that Cornejo did indeed have a bond reduction hearing scheduled that afternoon. During that communication, DHS verbally renewed the detainer request, asking OCDC to retain custody over him for 24 – 48 hours. DHS was told the detention center would not hold him if he became eligible for release. DHS arrived prior to Cornejo’s bond hearing and took him into custody. When the hearing concluded, the district court judge ordered Cornejo’s bond unsecured, and the clerk file stamped the order at 4:06 pm. At that time, Cornejo had already been in ICE’s custody for approximately half an hour.
The Orange County Sheriff’s Office has always complied with local, state and federal law. In addition, we cooperate with local, state, and federal enforcement agencies when working together furthers the safety of those we are entrusted to protect. Our cooperation with ICE is limited to the sharing of publicly available information.
He was being held anyhow, because no one (looking at you, Miss Huerta and the OB advocates) bonded him out.
