Tag: Federal immigration authorities

Obama-Appointed Judge Keeps Taxpayer Cash Flowing to Sanctuary States

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Judge Mcconnell

An Obama-appointed federal judge Thursday blocked the Trump administration from withholding funds from states that refuse to cooperate with federal immigration authorities.

Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy warned in April that he would likely begin to block grants from recipients that prohibit cooperation between local law enforcement and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). However, U.S. District Judge John McConnell, appointed to the bench in Rhode Island by the Obama administration, sided with a group of mostly Democratic-led states who sued over the directive.

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ICE Nabs Illegal Migrant Charged with Raping Disabled Child After Release by Sanctuary Authorities

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Cory Bernard Alvarez

Federal immigration authorities on Tuesday arrested an illegal migrant who had been charged with raping a disabled child and had previously been released by a sanctuary jurisdiction on low bond.

Deportation officers apprehended Cory Bernard Alvarez, a 26-year-old Haitian national living in the U.S. unlawfully, near his residence in Brockton, Massachusetts, Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials confirmed in a press release. Alvarez has been wanted by the agency since he was charged in March for allegedly raping a 15-year-old girl at a migrant housing location in Massachusetts, a state with “sanctuary” policies concerning ICE cooperation.

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