So little time
Two and a half percent, the Chicago Tribune reported over the weekend:
The Trump administration on Friday released the names of 614 people whose Chicago-area immigration arrests may have violated a 2022 consent decree, and only 16 of them have criminal histories that present a “high public safety risk.”
The list was produced as part of an ongoing lawsuit alleging immigration agents have repeatedly violated the terms of the in-court settlement, mostly during “Operation Midway Blitz,” that puts a high bar on making so-called warrantless arrests without a prior warrant or probable cause.
The Department of Homeland Security has claimed since the outset of the operation that they were going after the “worst of the worst,” including convicted murderers, rapists and other violent offenders who were allegedly taking advantage of Illinois’ sanctuary policies to terrorize the citizenry.
Customs and Border Patrol celebrated “a minimum of 50 people taken into custody” in its snarkily named “Charlotte’s Web” operation in Charlotte over the weekend (The Guardian):
Some businesses in Charlotte chose to stay closed at the weekend and many areas that would often be bustling on a Saturday afternoon were quiet as people stayed home in fear of anti-immigration raids and sweeps.
Gregory Bovino, who led hundreds of US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agents on a similar operation in Chicago, took to social media to document some of the arrests, a total that he said now stands at 81. He added that many of those taken into custody had “significant criminal and immigration history” and that the mass arrests were accomplished in “about 5 hours”.
Given his history in Chicago, it is not surpriging that Bovino is not more specific about how many of the 81 have criminal histories. He was quick to display photos of eight alleged criminal detainees. Except several with “significant criminal” histories had DUI records (not to minimize that), one had a standing removal order, a couple had felony larceny and assault charges, one had a hit-and-run compounding DUI, and there was one Honduran with “multiple simple assaults, shoplifting, and an aggravated felony assault that put him behind bars for 4 years.” Q: Why was the man incarcerated for 4 years not deported upon his release? What about the other 73 alleged worst-of-the-worst?
BTW, Bovino is originally from Watauga County, NC and attended Western Carolina University as an undergraduate. He won’t be inducted into the The Order of the Long Leaf Pine by a Democratic governor.
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