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ICE, sheriff say immigration ruling threatens public safety

By KEVIN FREKING and NO- Texas, said many unauthor-
MAAN MERCHANT ized immigrants in his jail
Associated Press were accused of felonies
WASHINGTON (AP) — The like murder and sexual as-
acting director of U.S. Im- sault as well as drunken-
migration and Customs driving offenses. He said
Enforcement on Thursday Birotte's ruling "will put our
criticized a judge's ruling communities in jeopardy."
barring his agency from re- "If we have to turn them
lying solely on databases loose or they get released,
that have at times led to they're coming back to
the wrongful detention of your neighborhood and
American citizens. my neighborhood," he said.
Speaking Thursday at the "These drunks will run over
White House, Matthew Al- your children, and they will
bence called the Septem- run over my children."
ber ruling an example of Waybourn said about 7% of
"judicial overreach" that the 4,200 people currently
threatened public safety. detained in Tarrant Coun-
Following Albence was a ty are in the U.S. illegally.
Texas sheriff who suggest- His office issued a state-
ed the ruling would require ment saying that nearly
releasing jailed immigrants 25% of the unauthorized
who were "drunks" and immigrants jailed in Tarrant
would "run over your chil- Immigration and Customs Enforcement Director Matt Albence, right, accompanied by sheriffs County were accused of
from around the country including Tarrant County, Texas Sheriff Bill Waybourn, center, speaks in
dren," a comment that was the Briefing Room at the White House in Washington, Thursday, Oct. 10, 2019. driving while intoxicated
immediately denounced Associated Press or being a DWI "repeat of-
by advocates. fender."
U.S. District Judge André often have erroneous data around citizenship are so copies of paperwork docu- The sheriff also acknowl-
Birotte Jr. barred ICE from and can lead to falsely ac- complicated," he said. menting his citizenship. edged that many people
issuing requests known as cusing people of being in President Donald Trump — A Democratic congress- who cross the U.S.-Mexico
"detainers" based solely on the U.S. illegally. as well as his top officials woman from California border migrate "looking for
database searches consid- Citing ICE's data, Birotte and allies — has long as- visiting a Border Patrol pro- a better day, for something
ered to be unreliable. The wrote that 42 detainers be- sailed judges who have cessing center in South better for their family."
ruling applies to states that tween May 2015 and Feb- ruled against his adminis- Texas in July encountered Texas State Rep. Chris Turn-
do not explicitly authorize ruary 2016 were explicitly tration's efforts to restrict a 13-year-old girl holding er, whose district includes
civil immigration arrests us- lifted because the person immigration and ramp up a U.S. passport next to her Tarrant County, tweeted
ing detainers. was a citizen. Nearly 800 arrests and deportations. mother, who had been ac- that the comments were
ICE cross-checks jail rosters detainers out of almost Jennie Pasquarella, a law- cused of crossing the bor- "ignorant, irresponsible
around the U.S. with fed- 13,000 issued during that yer with the American Civil der illegally. fear-mongering" in light of
eral databases that track time were withdrawn be- Liberties Union of Southern Albence spoke next to lo- the August mass shooting
people's nationality and cause the person was a cit- California, which helped cal sheriffs from around the in El Paso, Texas, where a
immigration status. When it izen "or otherwise not sub- bring the lawsuit, said the U.S. who are cooperating gunman alleged to have
detects that a person is un- ject to removal," the judge ruling was "critical to pro- with ICE. As the agency targeted Mexicans killed 22
authorized to be in the U.S., wrote. tecting the rights of every- has faced resistance to its people.
ICE will issue a detainer ask- Asked about the detention one" and ensuring that ICE operations in some parts Pasquarella said Way-
ing the agency to hold the of Americans, Albence said does not subject people to of the country, the Trump bourn's statement was "fu-
person until he or she can he could not speak about baseless arrests and deten- administration has held eled by xenophobia and
be taken into immigration ongoing litigation. tion. several White House events racism."
custody. "Many times, individu- U.S. immigration agencies featuring local officials who "They're applying this narra-
Advocates say relying als that we come across earlier this year detained support its immigration pri- tive they would never ap-
on electronic databases that are United States citi- an American-born 18-year- orities. ply to citizens just because
alone to issue detainers is zens don't even know that old for more than three Tarrant County Sheriff Bill they're not citizens," she
unreliable because they they are because the laws weeks even though he had Waybourn of Fort Worth, said.q
Cracks were found in a key structural part on 38 Boeing jets

By The Associated Press safety regulators. Of those, grounded two. component was found re- An FAA spokesman said
Inspections of some older 38 — or 5% — had "findings" The NG is a version of the cently in some 737s being "a small number" of U.S.-
Boeing jets have turned up requiring repairs. popular 737 that has been converted from passenger based planes have been
structural cracks in more Airlines are under orders to produced since the 1990s. use to cargo jets. removed from service while
than three dozen of them, inspect certain Boeing 737 Boeing is replacing it with The Federal Aviation Ad- Boeing works on instruc-
raising a new safety issue NG planes for cracking in a the 737 Max, but those ministration gave airlines tions for repairing or replac-
for the company already part that helps keep wings planes have been ground- seven days, ending Thurs- ing the parts.
dealing with two deadly attached to the fuselage. ed worldwide since March day, to inspect 737 NGs The constant pressure and
crashes involving a newer Boeing declined to identify after two crashes killed 346 that had made at least forces during flight can
version of the same plane. which airlines found prob- people. 30,000 flights. A much larg- cause metal fatigue on
Boeing said Thursday that lems, but Brazilian carrier The cracks in the NG planes er group of planes with planes, and it is not unusu-
airlines worldwide have Gol said it has grounded occurred in a part called slightly fewer flights must be al for regulators to require
inspected 810 planes fol- 11 planes so far, and U.S.- a pickle fork because of inspected over the coming inspections of a specific
lowing an order from U.S. based Southwest Airlines its shape. Cracking in that months. component or area. q