Immigration Enforcement Agent Released After Violent Incident in Minneapolis
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Ellison’s concerns about Texas becoming a sanctuary state for violent criminals fell on deaf ears in Texas, in part because of Minnesota’s continued refusal to turn over illegal aliens with violent criminal histories to ICE officers.
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Fox NewsMinnesota's progressive Attorney General Keith Ellison accused Texas Gov. Greg Abbott of turning the Lone Star State into a "sanctuary state for violent criminals" after an ICE agent charged in the shooting of a man in Minneapolis was released from a Texas jail, escalating a politically charged extradition fight between the two states.
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Christian Castro, an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent charged in connection with a non-fatal January shooting in Minneapolis, was released Thursday from a south Texas jail after a federal judge denied Minnesota’s emergency request to keep him in custody and compel Abbott to sign the extradition warrant. Texas law generally limits pre-extradition detention to 90 days, and Abbott has not yet decided whether to approve Minnesota’s request.
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Washington TimesMinnesota said Texas was required to transfer him, but Gov. Greg Abbott, a Republican, has said he needs more time to consider the case. He questions whether Office Castro counts as a “fugitive” from Minnesota.
BreitbartMinnesota officials believe, due to the alleged content of a recorded jail message, that Castro will flee to Mexico after his release, the AP added. Judge Rodriguez addressed the threat to flee in his order, stating that the potential flight risk detailed in Minnesota’s petition does not override Texas law.
The Guardian USAfter a Minnesota judge issued a nationwide warrant for Castro’s arrest in May, authorities, including Minnesota’s bureau of criminal apprehension, arrested Castro in Cameron county on 29 May. Minnesota authorities have sought his extradition since his arrest, but he remained in custody in Brownsville, a city bordering Mexico.
PBS NewsHourICE officer charged in Minneapolis shooting released in Texas after immediate extradition rejected An Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer charged with shooting a man and lying about it during the immigration crackdown in Minneapolis was released from a Texas jail Thursday, after a judge refused to order his return to Minnesota.
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"You guys are such bad lawyers. You showed up unprepared, uninformed & unpersuasive. You don't know the law & it showed," Abbott wrote on X in response to Ellison's post calling Texas a "sanctuary state for violent criminals."
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BreitbartIn a war of words between the two states, AG Ellison stated, “Greg Abbott is turning Texas into a sanctuary state for violent criminals.”
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Castro is accused of firing a gun through the front door of a Minneapolis home, shooting Sosa-Celis in the leg. Prosecutors say Castro also falsely accused Sosa-Celis and another man of attacking an ICE officer with a broom handle and a snow shovel.
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BreitbartThe AP reported: Castro is accused of firing a gun through the front door of a Minneapolis home, shooting Sosa-Celis in the leg. Prosecutors say Castro also falsely accused Sosa-Celis and another man of attacking an ICE officer with a broom handle and a snow shovel.
Fox NewsCastro faces four felony counts of second-degree assault and one misdemeanor count of falsely reporting a crime – charges filed by a Minnesota state court. He is accused of firing through the front door of an occupied north Minneapolis home during an ICE operation in January, striking Julio Cesar Sosa-Celis in the leg. Castro has maintained that he acted in self-defense.
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01 Fox News "Minn. is the literal definition of a sanctuary state because you refuse to assist in enforcing immigration laws," Abbott shot back. "I'll put Minneapolis at the top of the list for future bus drop offs if we ever have a President like Joe Biden again."
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02 The Guardian US A day earlier, US district judge Fernando Rodriguez Jr wrote in an order that said he could not prevent a county sheriff from releasing Castro or order the Texas governor, Greg Abbott, to sign his extradition warrant.
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03 New York Times A Venezuelan Colonel Turned Actor Is Deported From Florida A former lieutenant colonel in Venezuela’s National Guard living in Florida was deported, interrupting a lawsuit that accused him of ordering violent raids and torture.
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04 Reuters ICE agent freed from Texas jail in defiance of Minnesota extradition request - Reuters ICE agent freed from Texas jail in defiance of Minnesota extradition request Reuters
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05 Washington Times Federal authorities said Thursday that a Fairfax County man deemed mentally unfit to face murder charges in 2019 deported himself to Tajikistan last month while on an unsupervised weekend pass.
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06 Breitbart Fairfax County, Virginia, Commonwealth Attorney Steve Descano (D) is obstructing a congressional investigation into whether his office gives preferential treatment to illegal alien defendants, members of the House Judiciary Committee allege.
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