WASHINGTON, D.C. - The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has released a statement after politicians in Essex County, New Jersey, passed a resolution declaring that the county will no longer honor U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detainers for illegal immigrants in their jails and will instead release those individuals back into New Jersey communities.
The Essex County Board of County Commissioners passed a resolution restricting the use of county property and resources to assist with civil immigration enforcement activities, according to a press release from DHS. These sanctuary policies were officially implemented on July 9.
Going forward, these changes will negatively impact ICE's ability to conduct direct custody transfers from Essex County Jail, and will require additional operational resources to locate and arrest criminal illegal immigrants, according to DHS. ICE law enforcement officers will have to increase their reliance on field enforcement actions and additional resources in order to protect American citizens in Essex County from public safety threats, the press release said.
"Sanctuary policies like this make New Jersey communities less safe,” said Acting Assistant Secretary Lauren Bis. “In Essex County, instead of notifying ICE law enforcement, sanctuary politicians will RELEASE criminals from jails into New Jersey communities. When sanctuary politicians refuse to cooperate with ICE law enforcement, they put the safety of the public and our officers at risk. It also requires us to have a larger presence to arrest criminals at large instead of in the controlled setting of a jail."
Some examples of the worst of the worst criminal illegal immigrants arrested by ICE in Essex County include Carlos Humberto Perez-Soza, who was convicted of sex assault - force/coercion; Nazarjon Gayratjonvich Abdukahorov, a registered sex offender who was convicted for lure/entice child by various means; Carlos Capurro, who was convicted for aggravated sexual assault of a child less than 13-years-old and hindering apprehension or operation; and Johanns Cuadros-Almanza, a registered sex offender who was convicted for aggravated criminal sexual contact.
These policies will make New Jersey less safe by releasing criminals to perpetrate more crimes and create more victims, according to DHS.
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