BEND, OR –Now they’re blocking federal
agents from protecting the public from criminals.
On Wednesday, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers
tried to arrest two men who they said were a “threat to the
public.â€
ICE officials said they were operating on a mission to arrest
criminal aliens who are posing a danger to public safety and take
them off the street to protect innocent people.
The two men had a history of criminal violent behavior,
according to authorities and lived in a central Oregon town for
almost a decade. Details of the crimes they were involved in were
not released.
“The law enforcement activity in Bend, Oregon is part
of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s mission to arrest
criminal aliens presenting a danger to public safety and take them
off the street,†a statement acting DHS Deputy Secretary Ken
Cucinelli posted to Twitter read.
“The two individuals arrested each had a history of
criminal violent behavior.â€
Going on now. pic.twitter.com/R3TyPAsNoI
— Acting Deputy Secretary Ken Cuccinelli (@HomelandKen)
August 13, 2020
Bend Mayor Sally Russell wrote on Twitter she had been told that
both men were detained had warrants for their arrest and it
wasn’t an ICE sweep.
Bend Mayor openly stated that she did not support ICE which is a
Federal law enforcement agency that arrests criminals and enforces
federal law.
The newly appointed Police Chief Mike Krantz said that the local
police department was there to protect protestors and were not
assisting ICE. ICE is a law enforcement agency and should be
supported.
Several elected officials in cities expected to be targeted by
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement have either condemned the
impending arrests or said they won’t allow resources to be used
to assist the federal agents.
We must be reminded that ICE is a Federal law enforcement agency
and they are enforcing laws that are just as important as laws on a
state level. We must assist them in their efforts and have their
backs.
“While ICE respects the rights of people to voice
their opinion peacefully, that does not include illegally
interfering with their federal law enforcement duties,†it
said. “ICE will take all necessary measures to ensure the safety
of its officers and detainees, and will vigorously pursue
prosecution against anyone who puts them in harm’s
way.â€
ICE agents respect the public’s opinions and welcomes their
voiced opinion.
This does not include interfering illegally with the ICE agents
federal enforcement duties. With that being said, ICE agents will
take all necessary measures to ensure the safety of its officers
and detainees and will pursue prosecution against anyone who puts
them in harm’s way.
Video footage caught a dramatic scene of protestors swarming the
vehicles and blocking their path for hours as they demanded that
the ICE agents release the men or produce an arrest warrant. This
standoff continued until late into the night until a team of Border
patrol agents arrived in tactical gear to disperse the crowd.
More than 250 protesters were on hand by evening, many on hand
for at least five hours, and many told NewsChannel 21 they plan to
remain on site as long as they needed to.
Signs on display included “Stop separating families,†“It
ain’t right†and “Where is the love?†The love is in the
safety of the community and the innocent people that live there
that ICE is enforcing.
Friends of the detainees among growing crowd of hundreds of
protesters said the men have lived here for some time, one 14
years.Gus Juarez said the agents were hiding their identifications
and stopped one of the men going to work and the other coming home
from work.
A U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement spokeswoman as first
could not confirm any details to NewsChannel 21 regarding the ICE
activities.
“Despite severe challenges, ICE remains committed to
our public safety mission and ICE officers will continue to perform
their sworn duty to seek out dangerous criminal aliens and other
immigration violators. ICE seeks straightforward cooperation with
state and local law enforcement and has never requested them to
enforce federal immigration law.
“Due to law enforcement sensitivities and officer
safety, ICE does not discuss planned operations.â€
Then you have Los Angeles:
LOS ANGELES, CA –In yet another baffling
move, the Los Angeles Sheriff’s Office has announced that they
will no longer hold illegal aliens for civil
immigration holds.
That means, if the Immigrations and Customs Enforcement has a
hold on them, the LA Sheriff’s Agency will not honor it and the
illegal alien will be released into the community.
Los Angeles County Sheriff
confirms expansive sanctuary policy that ends all cooperation with
ICE, including in cases of violent convicted criminals. https://t.co/g5am2zFboG— John Binder 👽 (@JxhnBinder)
August 12, 2020
Civil immigration holds are placed in order to provide ICE
officials an additional 48 hours to respond and take custody of the
arrested person prior to their release from jail.
This often happens because the criminal has been flagged for
removal or has committed a crime which could result in
deportation.
Prior to this move, which is partly blamed on the COVID-19
pandemic, the Sheriff’s Office would only make the transfers in
cases of illegal aliens who had been convicted of a violent
felony.
From now on, Sheriff Alex
Villanueva informed the County Board of Supervisors that they
would only transfer an illegal alien into ICE custody if they hold
a judicial criminal warrant.
Villanueva said:
“When I took office, I promised to continuously
evaluate the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department’s
interaction with ICE and to further limit that cooperation if it
became appropriate to do. I have kept that promise. The current
COVID-19 moratorium has provided the opportunity to further asses
the Department’s policy.â€
ICE spokesman, Alexx Abascal, believes that this move will
ultimately endanger the communities that Villanueva serves. He
said:
“Policymakers who strive to make it more difficult to
remove dangerous criminal aliens and aim to stop the cooperation of
local officials and law enforcement partners harm the very
communities whose welfare they have sworn to
protect.â€
After all, just by employing common sense, the detainers are
issued, as previously said, when the person meets the criteria for
deportation or has committed an offense that may warrant it, like
manslaughter or rape. Merely letting those people out of jail when
they post bond is reckless.
Some of those people who have been released, according to
LET in a recent report, have been convicted previously or
accused in crimes ranging from sex offenses, homicide, child
cruelty, and assault with a deadly weapon.
Allowing them to go back out into the United States, when they
were never allowed to be here in the first place and committing
additional crimes should be a criminal offense in and of
itself.
CHILD PREDATOR
ARRESTED🚫#USBP
agents from Calexico Station arrested an illegal alien previously
convicted of Felony “Lewd or Lascivious Acts w/a Child Under
14†out of Monterey, Ca. Now, he is facing federal charges.
#BorderSecurity is
#NationalSecurityâ—ï¸ https://t.co/paWdzV5HRO pic.twitter.com/eG3FZlSmBF— USBP Chief Patrol Agent Gregory K. Bovino (@USBPChiefELC)
August 10, 2020
Evidence of this was published in
LET in July when it was reported that more than 1500 illegal
aliens were released back into the local communities in California
in 2019.
Of that total number, more than 400 of those aliens have been
rearrested on various charges “such as: rape, assault with a
deadly weapon, child sex offenses, domestic violence, identity
theft, and driving under the influence.â€
Every one of those crimes in which the illegal aliens could have
been prevented, every single one, if the immigration laws of the
United States, (which have been in effect long before President
Trump) were followed. If the illegal aliens would be deported or
at least not allowed out into the communities before their
immigration case is heard, none of those additional crimes would
have happened.
The Director of Policy Studies for the Center for Immigration
Studies in Washington, DC, Jessica Vaughan, has a similar opinion
on the matter. She says that Villanueva’s requirement for a
federal warrant for deportation is nonsense. He, “might as well
say, ‘I need ICE to produce a blue unicorn on a silver
platter,’ because it’s functionally the same thing.
“ICE cannot produce judicial warrants, it doesn’t
need to legally, and the result is going to be that even more
deportable criminal aliens are going to be released into the
streets of Los Angeles, possibly to re-offend.â€
We are battling over the very soul of our country. We are fighting
for our families. And we’re on the brink of losing America.
This editorial is by Kyle S. Reyes, the
National Spokesman for Law Enforcement Today. It’s a modern
refresh of a previous editorial he wrote… and touches on the
desperate tipping point America is facing right now.
—
While you were fighting over who among you was more “wokeâ€
and which company to boycott … we lost our country.
While you were arguing with coworkers over who would leave the
country first if Trump/Biden were elected, the “American Dreamâ€
perished.
Don’t believe me? Then perhaps ALL is lost. And I can prove it
all to you through the eyes of a child.
The screens around our house in the past couple of weeks stand
in stark contrast to what’s in front of them.
The television … the laptops … the iPads … the cell phones
… filled with images of the riots. The violence. The
hatred.
Just a few months ago, when everyone was working from home –
or unemployed – signs were put up around the community thanking
police. People cheered and put out Tweets and Facebook images of
first responders doing “birthday parades†for little kids.
Now, angry Americans are taking over police departments,
shooting cops, pelting them with bricks and bottles of urine and
demanding that we abolish them. The images are on certain channels
– others ensure you just see the “peaceful protestorsâ€.
Broadcast on the same tv stations are the sounds of tone-deaf
leaders. Of anger. Of hatred. Of hurt. Of fear. Of race-baiting,
dividing rhetoric and alienation.
In front of those screens run our little daughters.
They are the greatest blessings a young family can have. Filled
with innocence, love, joy and our hopes for the future.
What brought a lull in that media noise?
Hearing our pastor give a sermon.
He usually preaches about love. Faith. Hope. But there was a
different dynamic in this message.
There was a different energy.
This time, he talked about the end of times.
He’s far from being an alarmist. Just the opposite. But this
particular service, he spoke deeply and heavily about being
prepared. “For we know not the hour … â€
He wasn’t trying to frighten people. But he also understood
that he couldn’t be tone-deaf to the deep concerns of his
flock.
It’s hard not to be afraid. It’s hard not to have an
underlying anxiety. It’s hard not to wonder and pray over whether
your children will have the same opportunities you did.
Growing up, I paid close attention in history class. And I’ve
always felt a very deep sense of patriotism. I’ve always felt
great respect for my country and believed that if, God forbid, we
ever faced World War III, America would once again triumph.
Perhaps my fear, and the anxiety of so many others, is that we
were wrong.
We were wrong because of one simple line that I believe may have
been written wrong. It should have read, “One Nation, Divisible
After All.â€
Have we ever faced a time when our country was so polarized?
Have we ever faced enemies so dangerous? Have we ever been on such
a precipice that a frightening and painful energy radiated through
each of us, tying us together in some disturbing, unifying,
powerful and yet simultaneously divisive way?
I’m angered to see that we live in a country where we have
gone soft. We’ve become hypocrites, and we’ve become
pansies.
We forget that our grandfathers stormed beaches to protect
freedom. Instead, we demand that the freedom now come in the form
of a shelter from hearing words we don’t like.
Our friends and family alienate us because of who we vote
for.
We try and put companies out of business because how DARE they
not support the Marxist organization Black Lives Matter.
We doxx people and put their families in danger because they
dare to support law enforcement.
We don’t question it when ‘leaders’ tell us to stay away
from church. Stay away from family. Stay away from friends. Wear
a mask. Don’t worry about not having a job. And we don’t bat
an eye as the country rapidly marches – or rather sprints –
towards the socialism that’s the destruction of a nation.
We give out trophies to kids who come in 8th place. Eighth
freaking place. And then we let them take over part of an entire
city – Seattle – and play house, allowing rapes and murders to
happen in the city while police are kept out.
We dig up the graves of people who have been dead for a
hundred-plus years because they had something to do with the
Confederate flag, and that offends someone NOW. Then we destroy
statues and give “get out of jail free†passes to the people
who did it. LITERALLY get out of jail free passes. We have
celebrities and politicians starting funds to bail criminals out of
prison.
We allow politicians to hijack the country and spend our tax
dollars chasing their personal agenda of impeaching a President
simply because they don’t like him. Then we have the party
that’s supposedly the same as the President who sit around
silently while the country burns. It seems as if both parties
forgot what they were supposed to be doing and whom they are
supposed to be representing.
We pick sides and parties and teams and defend them to the ends
of the Earth, ignoring the facts, pointing the fingers and hoping
someone else will cover the cost of our skyrocketing and borderline
pointless health insurance.
We talk about the number of homeless vets who we have to feed
and clothe and house when it’s convenient for us to leverage them
like pawns in a game – yet tomorrow, so many will forget to feed
and clothe and house them.
We ignore the simple facts about our dangerously open borders
and the lack of a vetting process for refugees, then we stand in
horror as ISIS attacks and we ask our politicians how they could
have let this happen. And then, of course, we put a fast lane in
for more to cross the border.
We put in place more gun laws to prevent the bad guys from doing
bad things. Because for some reason, we believe that bad guys give
a damn about laws and that giving them an open shooting range on a
military base or school campus will somehow protect our citizens.
But then we completely ignore the massive problem of mental health
in this country. We’re more worried about the tool than we are
the person.
Hell – not only do we ignore the problem of mental health –
we double down on it but crashing our economy, putting millions out
of work and then confine them to their homes.
We cry out that police are our enemies … and then we beg them
to protect us from the likes of ISIS.
We are talking about DEFUNDING police while telling them that
they do a lousy job training. Because the solution to that is
making sure they have less money, right?
We have a massive audience talking about ABOLISHING police.
Let that sink in.
We celebrate court rulings with rainbow flags that speak volumes
about how far we’ve come and how inclusive we are as Americans
… then we tell our neighbors to remove their American flags and
stop saying “Merry Christmas†and “Happy Hanukkah†because
it offends us.
We send billions of dollars overseas to help the homeless in
impoverished and war-torn nations while we cut the funding for our
own food banks and homeless programs.
We get into fistfights about “under-inflated balls†while
gorging ourselves on beer and wings at football games … while
millions of Americans wonder how they’re going to pay their
mortgage and put food on the table for their families.
We fight tooth and nail over whether someone dying of stage four
pancreatic cancer should be allowed to use medical marijuana while
drugs like heroin are running rampant in our schools.
Schools that apparently kids will have to wear masks in, if they
ever reopen.
We teach kids that there should be no boys section or girls
section at the store, but our kids notice that we won’t sit down
with our neighbor for a beer because they have a different skin
color and we’re too busy fighting over what is and isn’t
racism.
We hold massive rallies demanding $15/hour for flipping burgers
… but we sit quietly on the sidelines when our men and women
protecting our country who make $11/hour aren’t getting paid
because Congress is debating their funding.
We’re told if you go to a protest over the government shutting
down your business, you’ll be arrested because it’s a health
threat. We’re told if you go to a Trump rally, you don’t care
about making people sick. We’re told if you go to a violent riot
and torch buildings, you’re a social justice warrior.
We’re terribly focused on what matters to us as individuals.
Marriage. Cell phones. Birth control. On and on and on. We’re so
worried about what matters to “me†that we forgot that in order
for us to have a “me†… we have to first have an “us.†A
safe “us.†A unified “us.†An “us†that can at least
find some kind of middle ground.
Tomorrow is a new day. So tonight, before bed, we pray … just
a little harder, perhaps, than we’ve prayed before.
We put our daughters to sleep and shut off the television. The
internet. The phones. The iPads. All screens but the black and
white monitor where we can see nothing but innocence.
And for a moment, just one fleeting, precious moment, we’re
once again one nation, under God, indivisible, with liberty and
justice for all.
—
We hope you’ll consider getting in the fight with us.
Here’s what Law Enforcement Today – the largest police-owned
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We started noticing the problems a couple of years ago. Social
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Not that there was anything offensive about it. We’re talking
about pro-police videos, stories about patriotic Americans and
more.
And from our perspective, that created a huge problem. We have
some of the greatest warriors in the world. Yet their voices and
their stories were being buried.
The mainstream media, on the rare occasion that it would tell
some of these stories, would give you only a piece of them.
They’d cram as much as they could into a 90 second segment, slap
their bias on it and that was it.
We needed to fix it. And so we are.
Law Enforcement Today (LET) is proud to announce the launch of
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Many of those in our focus groups dubbed it the “Netflix of
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The first officer in the door at the Pulse nightclub
shooting.
Emergency responders from the Parkland shooting.
The bomb squad that responded to the Aurora movie theater
massacre.
