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From January-still outrageous.
US-Born Marine Veteran Detained By ICE Was Carrying His US Passport When He Was Arrested
Jilmar Ramos-Gomez also was carrying a drivers license and military ID, said the ACLU, which wants to know how he ended up in ICE custody for three days.
Hamed Aleaziz BuzzFeed News Reporter
Posted on January 23, 2019, at 5:37 p.m. ET
A US-born Marine veteran who served in Afghanistan had his US passport, a REAL ID drivers license, a military ID card, and his US Marine Corps dog tags with him when he was arrested by police in Grand Rapids, Michigan, and turned over to Immigration and Customs Enforcement, which held him for three days before his lawyer demanded his release, according to the ACLU of Michigan.
The advocacy group has called for an investigation into how the Grand Rapids Police Department handled the arrest of Jilmar Ramos-Gomez, who was born in Grand Rapids, served in Afghanistan and suffers from post-traumatic stress disorder. The ACLU is also demanding that ICE explain why it took the veteran into custody and did not review his identification documents during the three days he was being held.
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https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/hamedaleaziz/us-born-marine-ice-detained-passport?fbclid=IwAR0noV1ZPQy8fZA2DaUU7adJeSzv6_ycW88CLGxxV-l1k20mKE7CyODPOTs
Soxfan58
(3,479 posts)You deserved better.
lunasun
(21,646 posts)onecaliberal
(32,471 posts)snort
(2,334 posts)His name is Jilmar Ramos-Gomez.
Ms. Toad
(33,915 posts)only illegals commit crimes like that. Because he committed a crime, he must be one of them - and his documents must be fake.
KY_EnviroGuy
(14,483 posts)is more fair and accurate.
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Ms. Toad
(33,915 posts)have said, "suspicion of attempting to start a fire"? Somehow I think that distinction would escape them - as would the inappropriateness of calling people, "illegals."
KY_EnviroGuy
(14,483 posts)You're right - Faux News would say he started a fire and they would add some flourish like "endangered hospital profits and the lives of hundreds of patents and the arresting officers".
Much of our media needs to get their act together on correctly describing the legal processes of our justice system.....
snort
(2,334 posts)With all the new information you guys have provided, I'm definitely having the vapors.
bitterross
(4,066 posts)Ferrets are Cool
(21,058 posts)Sure feels like it at times.
Johnyawl
(3,205 posts)Ferrets are Cool
(21,058 posts)even while asleep. Or, just being in the same mall as a gunman and being a POC. The list goes on and on. This is the America we live in. It SUCKS.
Mr.Bill
(24,103 posts)it's always been a police state.
burrowowl
(17,606 posts)CousinIT
(9,151 posts)BigmanPigman
(51,430 posts)40RatRod
(531 posts)...why I donate regularly to the ACLU.
KY_EnviroGuy
(14,483 posts)Quote from the link:
The additional requirement of independent judicial review will increase the level of oversight of ICE detention requests in Kent County. Our justice system is built on a balance of authority and oversight.
For that reason, we advocate for the requirement that all ICE detention requests be subject to judicial review at a national level, Kent County Sheriff Michelle LaJoye-Young said in a statement Friday.
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in2herbs
(2,942 posts)created by racists males.
DBoon
(22,284 posts)This is why sanctuary cities are so important. It makes ICE follow the law.
This is why the right wing hates sanctuary cities. They believe they do not need to follow the law.
Hermit-The-Prog
(33,021 posts)Nazis should have their own papers in order before demanding to see anyone else's.
SunSeeker
(51,367 posts)George II
(67,782 posts)....the first US casualty of the first Gulf War was an immigrant from Mexico. He was given his American citizenship posthumously. Of course trump wouldn't understand what that was like, he had bone spurs.
sarge43
(28,939 posts)IronLionZion
(45,253 posts)That's why whites are considered US citizens even if they are actually Scottish or German citizens. Brown people can't be US citizens even if born here.
I've dealt with this my whole life as an immigrant job stealer who isn't fooling anyone with my fake birth certificate and US passport. The worst H-1bs were born in America.
If only the US had some sort of law about this issue. Oh wait...
All persons born or naturalized in the United States and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside. No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.
left-of-center2012
(34,195 posts)"Ramos-Gomez was arrested by the Grand Rapids Police on Nov. 21 on suspicion of attempting to start a fire in a stairwell at a hospital and trying to reach the facilitys helipad, according to his attorneys and local law enforcement.
A police statement at the time said police contacted ICE because they believed the incident may have been a possible act of terrorism. That decision eventually led to Ramos-Gomez ending up in ICE custody.
ICE has said that Ramos-Gomez told them he was undocumented during an interview in jail and that they took action afterward.
... the Kent County Sheriffs Department has announced that it will no longer detain individuals for ICE without a warrant from a judge, effectively enacting a sanctuary-like policy."
onetexan
(12,994 posts)DFW
(54,047 posts)I would swear out complaints of false arrest, kidnapping, assault and battery, and probably a few other offenses that the ""agents" committed here. I hope the ACLU takes it up and pursues it until all charges have been tried. Criminal acts by so-called "authorities" need to be met with criminal complaints and prosecution.