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“For instance, when they’regoing to try and detain and deportall these hundreds of thousands,up to a million [very lowestimate] people,” Romero said.“That’s an operation that theyhave the legal power to do, to dothe raids.”Romero then warned that suchan effort would be difficult dueto the large amount of illegalaliens in the country.‘But the logistics, they’re goingto need mayors and governors orcity councils to give them accessto police officers or not, jails,where are you going to house allof these folks?” he said.Romero then went totally offthe rails, suggesting that illegalaliens be pardoned so they don’thave to leave the country. Thatwould not be out of the questiongiven Joe Biden’s sudden fascinationwith pardons, especiallysince he now has nothing to lose.Short of pardons, Romero toldMaddow cities and states shouldmake it difficult for Immigrationand Customs Enforcement (ICE)agents to do their job.“They should sever these relationshipsthat they have with thefederal government or immigrationenforcement,” he added.That actually sounds like agood idea. If cities and states“sever their relationship” with thefederal government, the federalgovernment should reciprocate,i.e., cut off federal funding tothese cities and states. After all,what’s good for the goose.Trump’s incoming border czar,Tom Homan, has said that if citiesand states wish to block thefederal government from defendingits border, he will haveno problem arresting anyonewho stands in the way. For example,the mayor of Denver, MikeJohnston, has said he will defyany efforts the Trump administrationmakes to deport illegalaliens who live in his city up tothe point of risking arrest.To that, Homan has no issuescarrying out the job he is beinghired for.“But, look, me and the Denvermayor, we agree on one thing,”Homan said. “He’s willing to goto jail, I’m willing to put him injail.”ICE GRABS ILLEGAL IMMI-GRANT FACING CHILD SEXCRIME CHARGES AFTER HE’SSPRUNG FROM COUNTY JAILBy Richard Moorhead,Law Enforcement TodayBOSTON, MA - An illegal alienfacing criminal charges relatedto the sexual exploitation ofchildren has been arrested byImmigration and Customs Enforcementafter a Massachusettscourt cleared him release fromjail- in defiance of a requestfrom ICE to transfer him to federalcustody.Hugo Israel Ruiz, 55, wasapprehended by ICE earlier thisCLICK TO WATCHmonth after bailing out of theNashua Street Jail in Boston,according to Fox News. Ruiz isfacing felony charges of indecentassault and battery on a childunder the age of 14.After Ruiz’s initial arrest in August,the Chelsea District Courtapproved his bail- defying therequest from ICE to transfer himinto immigration custody.Subsequently, Ruiz was releasedinto the community,pending the adjudication of hischild sex crimes charges. Theexact circumstances of Ruiz’s releasearen’t clear- it’s uncertainif the jail willfully ignored ICE’srequest to detain the accusedpedophile, or if the county failedto account for the federal interestin Ruiz’s continued detention.It’s also unclear for how longRuiz was allowed to walk thestreets of the community beforehis immigration arrest.With Ruiz’s federal arrest, hestands to face deportation afterhis sex crimes charges are resolved.ERO Boston acting Field OfficeDirector Patricia H. Hyde defendedher agency’s purview to detainillegal aliens after the arrest.70 The BLUES - JANUARY ‘25

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