From Fox 46:
ICE blasts Mecklenburg County sheriff following release of Honduran national accused of rape
The release of a rape suspect has reignited an immigration enforcement debate.
Last week, Immigration and Customs Enforcement arrested Oscar Pacheco-Leonardo, 33, a Honduran national, according to a news release. He was arrested on June 14 charged with first degree rape and indecent liberties with a child. Two days later, on June 16, Pacheco-Leonardo was released from the Mecklenburg County Jail on a $100,000 bond.
McFadden would not take any questions. He said his agency notified ICE, as required, that Pacheco-Leonardo was in their custody.
“When we notified ICE on June 14th, they had the discretion to bring a criminal warrant or a detainer,” he said. “They sent us a detainer.”
The Mecklenburg County Sheriff’s Office does not honor ICE detainers, which are voluntary requests to hold an inmate for up to 48 hours after their release date so federal officials can decide whether the person can be deported.
We have gone past the point of insanity in American politics. The idea of sanctuary cities is ridiculous on its face, local governments deciding that they are just going to ignore Federal law.
But when it comes to something like this, what sort of Sheriff would willingly let a child rapist hit the streets when there was another opportunity to hold him?
“I hate Trump so much I don’t care if another child is raped on my watch” is a hell of a position to take, but he took it anyway.
This is where we are in 2019, we have a Sheriff in North Carolina’s largest county who is going to let children in his jurisdiction get raped just to spite Trump.
So who paid the bail?