Seattle ICE lawyer facing prison time for stealing identities of would-be immigrants

[suffragette]

https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/crime/seattle-ice-lawyer-facing-prison-time-for-stealing-identities-of-would-be-immigrants/

Federal prosecutors and defense attorneys have agreed to recommend a four-year prison sentence for the former chief attorney for Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in Seattle for stealing the identities of immigrants to defraud banks and credit-card companies.

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As the lead attorney responsible for providing ICE agents with legal counsel and overseeing deportation and asylum hearings in four states, the 44-year-old Sanchez “was entrusted with ensuring the honest enforcement” of the country’s immigration laws.

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Sanchez is the second Seattle-based ICE attorney to face legal trouble in recent years.

In April 2016, Jonathan Love, a former ICE prosecutor, was sentenced to 30 days in custody after pleading guilty to a misdemeanor for forging a document to make it look like a Mexican citizen who wanted to stay in the U.S. was not eligible to do so. Love was an assistant chief counsel for ICE in Seattle before his resignation.

Talk about your pattern of criminal behavior.

[Solly Mack]

1. K&R

[suffragette]

4. More about Love. He persecuted his victim for 5 years and almost got him deported. Love was only

sentenced to a month.

https://www.seattlepi.com/local/crime/article/Prosecutor-who-lied-to-get-man-deported-Why-7265443.php

Homeland Security Department attorney Jonathan Love’s abuse of power was discovered after the victim of his forgery Ignacio Lanuza sued the federal government claiming his rights had been violated. Love subsequently admitted to using his position to deprive Lanuza of due process.
Having pleaded guilty to a federal “color of law” charge, Love was sentenced Wednesday morning by U.S. Magistrate Judge Brian Tsuchida. Prosecutors and Love’s attorney had asked that Love serve a month in jail as well as complete 100 hours of community service.
Lanuza and his family suffered through five years of unwarranted legal proceedings driven by what his attorneys described as a “crude forgery” concocted by Love. Lanuza, a longtime U.S. resident, narrowly avoided a deportation order that would’ve separated him from his wife and young sons, all of whom were U.S. citizens.

[Solly Mack]

5. I'm sure there are more such stories and worse.

[suffragette]

6. Sadly, I agree. And most likely get away with it.

[Solly Mack]

7. Probably.

Most people are too afraid to come forward so they have to endure the abuse.

[BigmanPigman]

2. How can anyone trust ICE when we keep hearing more

and worse stories about them? They are criminals and are being paid by our govt to commit their crimes. How much do we NOT know about them and what they are doing?

[suffragette]

3. Yes, I'd bet this is just the tip of the ICEberg.