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Demovictory9

(35,906 posts)
Sun May 18, 2025, 08:18 PM May 18

Suspects and witnesses are being deported without justice being served,

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2025/05/18/ice-tactic-deport-before-court-immigration/83515061007/

ICE adopts new tactic: Deport before court, removing people facing criminal charges
Suspects and witnesses are being deported without justice being served, prosecutors and legal experts say.



DENVER ‒ Some suspects in violent assaults and sex crimes are escaping American justice because they're being deported before they can stand trial, according to a number of prosecutors and legal experts across the country.

In one suburban Denver county, the district attorney has tallied at least six criminal cases he's had to shelve or drop because Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents detained or deported suspects before he could prosecute them.

In another case in the city of Denver, a man suspected of attempted murder was released because ICE had deported the witnesses against him, forcing prosecutors to drop the charges. That suspect then tackled an ICE agent trying to detain him outside the jail.



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Kagan said some immigration experts have begun referring to ICE as a "getaway driver" because they believe the new system is ripe for abuse by offenders: "The U.S. citizen has to face trial and serious prison time while the non-citizen could just ask ICE to give him a ride to Mexico and get off free."


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Suspects and witnesses are being deported without justice being served, (Original Post) Demovictory9 May 18 OP
When these people they have to drop charges on commit more crimes, they will blame it on the judges and the Democrats. everyonematters May 18 #1

everyonematters

(3,813 posts)
1. When these people they have to drop charges on commit more crimes, they will blame it on the judges and the Democrats.
Sun May 18, 2025, 08:27 PM
May 18

This is sick. I don't think people will fall for it.

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