A Fairfax County, Va., police officer has been suspended after turning over a suspected illegal alien to ICE following a traffic accident.
The officer discovered one of the drivers didn't have a Virginia driver's license and ran a check with the state Department of Motor Vehicles, police said.
The officer cited the driver for not having a driver's license and turned them over to the federal agent.
The officer should have ignored the warrant for failure to appear and sent the illegal on his merry way.
The Fairfax County Police Department enacted a 2007 policy that prohibits officers from confirming a person's immigration status and detaining them solely based on civil violations of immigration law.
"This is an unfortunate issue where the officer was confused," Police Chief Edwin Roessler Jr. said.
That police chief has been cowed into submission to the point where an officer who was simply doing his job has been suspended.
https://pjmedia.com/trending/va-police-officer-suspended-after-handing-over-suspected-illegal-to-ice/
The officer discovered one of the drivers didn't have a Virginia driver's license and ran a check with the state Department of Motor Vehicles, police said.
The officer cited the driver for not having a driver's license and turned them over to the federal agent.
The officer should have ignored the warrant for failure to appear and sent the illegal on his merry way.
The Fairfax County Police Department enacted a 2007 policy that prohibits officers from confirming a person's immigration status and detaining them solely based on civil violations of immigration law.
"This is an unfortunate issue where the officer was confused," Police Chief Edwin Roessler Jr. said.
That police chief has been cowed into submission to the point where an officer who was simply doing his job has been suspended.
https://pjmedia.com/trending/va-police-officer-suspended-after-handing-over-suspected-illegal-to-ice/
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