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ICE leader blames 'sanctuary'

policies for NYC killing

By JIM MUSTIAN Mayor Bill de Blasio has ac- a weapon, having alleged-
Associated Press cused ICE of "spreading ly beaten up his father. He
NEW YORK (AP) — The lies" and employing "scare was released after his ar-
country's top immigration tactics" that destroy trust in raignment even though im-
official blamed the "sanc- law enforcement. He said migration officials said they
tuary policies" of New York on Twitter this week that filed a "detainer" request
City on Friday for the sex- the city has passed "com- with the New York City Po-
ual assault and killing of a mon-sense laws about im- lice Department asking
92-year-old woman, while migration enforcement that Khan be handed over
the mayor's office decried that have driven crime to for deportation.
such rhetoric as "fear, hate record lows." New York City police say Matthew Albence, right, the acting director of U.S. Immigration
and attempts to divide." "Fear, hate and attempts they didn't get the re- and Customs Enforcement, speaks during a news conference,
Matthew Albence, the to divide are signatures quest, though ICE insists it Friday, Jan. 17, 2020, in New York.
acting director of U.S. Im- of the Trump Administra- was sent. But even if they Associated Press
migration and Customs En- tion, not New York City," did, under the terms of to law enforcement agen- this week seeking informa-
forcement, said at a news de Blasio spokeswoman New York's local ordinance cies around the country tion on three Mexican na-
conference Friday that the Freddi Goldstein said Fri- governing how the police that do not share informa- tionals and one Honduran
slaying could have been day. "We are the safest big work with immigration offi- tion like the addresses, driv- who had been in custody
prevented if city officials city in America because of cials, they would not have er's license and passport there. The city declined the
had complied with a fed- our policies, not in spite of turned over information on numbers about undocu- request, saying it could be
eral request to turn over them." Khan. mented residents who "viewed as an effort to in-
the assailant, a Guyanese The remarks come amid an Albence said ICE is consid- come through their local timidate officers into help
national, for deportation. escalation of the conflict ering expanding its use of jails. enforcing civil immigration
"It's unbelievable that I between the Trump ad- "administrative subpoenas" ICE subpoenaed Denver law."q
have to come here and ministration and so-called
plead with the city of New sanctuary cities, and a
York to cooperate with us week after the Guyanese
to help keep this city safe," man wanted for deporta-
Albence said. tion was charged with sex-
"Make no mistake," he add- ually assaulting and killing
ed. "It is this city's sanctuary the 92-year-old woman in
policies that are the sole Queens.
reason this criminal was al- Reeaz Khan, 21, had been
lowed to roam the streets arrested in November on
freely and end an innocent earlier charges of assault
woman's life." and criminal possession of
Police: Note alerted

teacher to gun in

student’s backpack

CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — nition in the student’s bag
South Carolina’s Depart- Wednesday after another
ment of Juvenile Justice student gave the science
took a 13-year-old boy teacher a handwritten
into custody after another note saying the boy “said
student handed a teach- he was going to shoot us”
er a note saying the teen and “has a gun and some
claimed he was going to bullets in his bookbag,” the
shoot people, and police teacher told police.
found a handgun in his The officer found the hand-
backpack. gun, a magazine with eight
An administrator and a rounds in it and a second
teacher at Haut Gap Mid- magazine with six rounds in
dle School on Johns Island it, inside the bag, a police
told officers they found report obtained by news
the weapon and ammu- outlets stated. q