Sanctuary City Refuses to Honor Federal Arrest Warrant for Violent Alien
By Andrew R. Arthur on January 31, 2025
DOJ claims that on January 28, the Tompkins County (N.Y.) Sheriff’s Office released a “violent illegal alien” from Mexico before ICE could pick him up, even though they knew agents wanted to take custody. The sheriff’s office is in “Ithaca, NY, a self-described sanctuary city”, and sanctuaries usually won’t assist ICE civil enforcement, but the twist in this story is that the alien is wanted on federal criminal charges and ICE provided the sheriff’s office with a judicial warrant signed by a federal magistrate. Keep that in mind the next time you hear local officials complain they would assist immigration enforcement, but they need a judicial warrant to do so.
Ithaca’s Sanctuary City Policy. Most sanctuary jurisdictions swear they aren’t actually “sanctuaries” at all — they’re simply concerned about the welfare and well-being of all of their residents, including those here illegally, and consequently expect ICE to jump through hoops that they don’t erect for other law enforcement agencies.
Not Ithaca — the local government puts it all at there to see, even captioning part II, section 215 (“Human Rights Protection”), article VI of the local code “Sanctuary City”.
https://cis.org/Arthur/Sanctuary-City-Refuses-Honor-Federal-Arrest-Warrant-Violent-Alien
