Sheriff mulls freeing inmates wanted on immigration charges

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Cook County Sheriff Tom Dart says keeping some detainees in jail at the request of immigration authorities could be compromising public safety.

On any given day, the Cook County Jail holds hundreds of inmates picked up on criminal charges who also happen to be wanted for an immigration violation.

Sheriff Tom Dart’s office keeps them up to 48 hours beyond when the criminal cases would allow them out.

That’s to allow Immigration and Customs Enforcement, the federal agency known as ICE, to take them into deportation proceedings.

Now Dart tells WBEZ he’s reconsidering that policy because it could be compromising public safety. We report from our West Side bureau.

http://www.wbez.org/story/sheriff-mu...charges-89233#

[Cheesypie]

It just amazes me the way illegal aliens are allowed to get away with crime. Think about how these people get jobs: At bare minimum, they're forging documents. Where else do you see politicians, legislators, and law enforcement not call this a "crime"? Where are Americans getting away with passing forged documents? Then there's the identity theft. How many illegal aliens do we see getting charged with it, as opposed to some American?

This is all just unbelievably Orwellian. Crime pays, for illegal aliens. Off to jail with everyone else.