Illegals Don’t Fear Courthouse Arrests – But They Should
By Matt O'Brien February 6, 2020 No Comments
The media is full of stories about politicians and activists decrying the manifest injustice of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement arresting illegal aliens in local courthouses and about local jurisdictions declaring themselves “sanctuaries,†in violation of federal law. But are illegal aliens really afraid of local law enforcement?
Apparently not. Take the most recent example, reported in the Washington Examiner: Ericka Gonzalez Zuniga is an illegal alien, who has been convicted of multiple crimes, and who was ordered deported in 2005. However, she seems to have held a sincere belief that she was safe in entering a courthouse in Hidalgo County, Texas. Ms. Zuniga showed up to observe her son’s sentencing hearing. He had been convicted of killing a local police dispatcher while driving drunk.
One would think that any illegal alien who truly feared arrest simply wouldn’t have shown up any place where justice is meted out and law enforcement officers are found in abundance. Especially in Texas, a jurisdiction with a reputation for law and order and a decidedly low tolerance for scofflaws.
https://www.immigrationreform.com/2020/02/06/ice-courthouses-illegal-aliens-immigrationreform-com/
