“After inspecting his birth certificate, Leon County Judge LaShawn Riggans said during the hearing that “this is indeed an authentic document,” but that she did not have jurisdiction beyond finding no probable cause for the charge.”
To which I’d think the correct reply should have been “If you don’t have the authority to release him, then what’s your authority to detain him?”
Nobody bothered asking that question. “He’s a US Citizen, here’s his birth certificate, by what authority are you detaining him?”
The issue is that it was a county judge. A county judge doesn’t have the authority to overrule ICE even when they are illegally detaining a US citizen under a law that has already been blocked by another judge. Who knew?
ICE was requesting the judge detain him, which was apparently beyond their authority. The correct answer would have been to tell ICE “I’m sorry, we don’t have the authority to do that.”
ICE was requesting the judge detain him, which was apparently beyond their authority. The correct answer would have been to tell ICE “I’m sorry, we don’t have the authority to do that.”
The judge literally said they didn’t have the authority to release him:
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/latino/us-born-citizen-detained-ice-immigration-florida-rcna201800
“After inspecting his birth certificate, Leon County Judge LaShawn Riggans said during the hearing that “this is indeed an authentic document,” but that she did not have jurisdiction beyond finding no probable cause for the charge.”
To which I’d think the correct reply should have been “If you don’t have the authority to release him, then what’s your authority to detain him?”
Nobody bothered asking that question. “He’s a US Citizen, here’s his birth certificate, by what authority are you detaining him?”
The issue is that it was a county judge. A county judge doesn’t have the authority to overrule ICE even when they are illegally detaining a US citizen under a law that has already been blocked by another judge. Who knew?
ICE was requesting the judge detain him, which was apparently beyond their authority. The correct answer would have been to tell ICE “I’m sorry, we don’t have the authority to do that.”
It was ICE detaining him not the judge. The authority for ICE to detain him over rode the judges ability to release him
ICE was requesting the judge detain him, which was apparently beyond their authority. The correct answer would have been to tell ICE “I’m sorry, we don’t have the authority to do that.”