Advocates for immigrants say the hardball tactics of Immigration and Customs Enforcement are blocking due process rights, creating chaos and forcing runarounds in court systems to get immigrants who are accused of crimes in front of judges. ICE is not required to comply with judges’ orders that a detainee appear in state court. A state court judge issued a warrant for Ramirez’s arrest when he didn’t show up in court. ICE transfers detainees back to state court in Connecticut only rarely, Villa said. A federal judge in March ordered ICE to transfer Pensamiento to state court for his hearing and explicitly required a sheriff to return him to ICE custody afterward.

Source: National Post May 10, 2018 04:07 UTC