CBS News looked into the claim by Tom Homan, the Trump administration’s Border Czar, that Massachusetts is “releasing immigrants charged with violent crimes” and guess what? They are.
“After reviewing every press release from January to the present, WBZ found only one which said Boston Police released someone wanted by ICE. All of the other releases stated that individuals wanted by ICE were released from jails or courts,” the report says.
This means that police had these guys, charged them, and then let them out even though they were wanted by ICE for being illegal migrants. And it’s a merry band of ne’er-do-wells it is!
They found one guy who charged with three counts of rape of a child by force and three counts of aggravated rape of a child. He was released on bail with an order for house arrest. Another guy charged with child rape also released on bail with a GPS monitoring device. Another dude charged with “indecent assault and battery in a person over 15, assault and battery with a dangerous weapon, masked armed robbery, and assault to rape.” He too was released on bail with a GPS device. Two others were charged with child rape and released on just $500 bail before being picked up by ICE. Two others were charged with cocaine and fentanyl trafficking and both were also released on bail before ICE arrested them.
In Massachusetts, the state cannot hold a person based on their immigration status so these guys were offered a normal bail situation and they took it and walked free. A newly proposed law would allow the state to hold them for at least 36 hours if ICE has a detainer on them.
