Lack of cooperation with ICE to deport an illegal immigrant resulted in a family tragedy

[rangerrebew]

 
Lack of cooperation with ICE to deport an illegal immigrant resulted in a family tragedy
By Andrew Arthur
Published May 3, 2026, 9:52 p.m. ET
 
Why would the New York City Department of Correction refuse to honor a US Immigration and Customs Enforcement detainer for an illegal Mexican national facing murder and arson charges in Queens?

The same perverted sense of “equity” that drove the Biden administration to open the border to millions of illegal migrants.

On April 9, Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz announced Roman Amatitla would be charged with arson and eight counts of second-degree murder for allegedly setting a fire that killed four in a Flushing apartment building, including a 3-year-old girl.

Katz called it as “an act of mass murder,” and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) subsequently revealed Amatitla had entered the US illegally “at an unknown date and unknown time.”

https://nypost.com/2026/05/03/opinion/a-lack-of-cooperation-with-ice-to-deport-an-illegal-immigrant-resulted-in-a-family-tragedy/

[rangerrebew]

He looks a little like Gov. Pritzger, fat and gangster like.

[DefiantMassRINO]

random brain fart ... could the Republican Congress pass a Budget Reconciliation Bill to withold Federal funds from Sanctuary States, Counties, and Municipalities?

Eligibility for disbrusement of Federal funds into state, county, and municipal bank accounts is contingent upon honoring ICE detainers.

Just because the money is Appropriated doesn't mean it has to be unconditionally Disbursed by the US Treasury.

[Fishrrman]

Of many, one: