DOJ: Tompkins sheriff 'refused to honor warrant' of Mexican immigrant wanted by feds
A Mexican citizen was released from the Tompkins County Sheriff's Office before being taken into custody by ICE on Thursday. He had previously been charged with illegally entering the US.
Federal agents arrest undocumented immigrant after being released from Tompkins County Sheriff’s Office
A Mexican citizen was arrested by federal agents on a federal warrant on Wednesday after the justice department said he was released from the Tompkins County Sheriff’s Office after pleading guilty to state assault charges.
Acting Deputy AG criticizes Tompkins County sheriff over migrant release
Acting Deputy U.S. Attorney General Emil Bove, a Seneca Falls native, warned of potential prosecution after Tompkins County Sheriff Derek Osborne’s office released Jesus Romero-Hernandez, a Mexican migrant with a federal arrest warrant.
DOJ probing sheriff over undocumented immigrant's release
The Justice Department is investigating a sheriff in Central New York who released an undocumented man later taken into custody by federal agents.
Justice Department investigating CNY sheriff for releasing migrant despite federal warrant
A central New York sheriff's office is under fire for releasing a migrant in the U.S. illegally, despite a federal arrest warrant.
ICE apprehends immigrant who entered country illegally, released from Tompkins Co. Sheriff’s Office despite federal warrant
Romero-Hernandez was in custody at the Tompkins County Sherriff’s Office awaiting resolution of NYS assault charges. ICE and Removal Operations, or ERO, provided a copy of the federal arrest warrant signed by a U.S. Magistrate Judge to the sheriff’s office.
Feds and New York sheriff spar over who is to blame for release of wanted migrant
The back-and-forth between federal prosecutors and the county began Thursday, when Acting Deputy Attorney General Emil Bove said in a news release that the office of Sheriff Derek Osborne, a Democrat,
Justice Department warns of 'potential prosecution' after NY sheriff released migrant
The acting U.S. deputy attorney general issued a statement Thursday criticizing the Tompkins County Sheriff’s Office for releasing a Mexican citizen from custody before U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents could arrest him this week on a federal arrest warrant.
Feds slam upstate NY sheriff for releasing violent Mexican migrant due to ‘sanctuary city’ policy
Hernandez, an illegal Mexican immigrant, is back behind bars after an upstate New York sheriff refused to hold him for federal immigration agents.
N.Y. sheriff faces scrutiny under Justice Department sanctuary city policy
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U.S. Says Sheriff Could Face Prosecution for Releasing Immigrant
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Immigrant arrested by ICE in Ithaca has been deported seven times before, federal prosecutors argue
An undocumented immigrant arrested in Ithaca this week had been deported to Mexico at least seven times prior to being ...
US probes release of arrested immigrant in first challenge to sanctuary cities
The U.S. Justice Department said on Thursday it was probing the release by an upstate New York sheriff's office of an ...