Kevin Fobbs
Feds should arrest Oregon court officer who helped illegal alien evade ICE
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By Kevin Fobbs
March 11, 2017

The court officer who helped an illegal alien dodge from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officials to escape repatriation right outside the courtroom should be punished. U.S. Attorney Billy Williams stated that on Jan. 27 a "judicial referee" helped the illegal alien sneak out another door to elude ICE agents, according to the Oregonian. The illegal immigrant was in the process of arraignment for drunk driving in the Portland's Multnomah County Courthouse.

Enforcement of immigration policy by ICE officials has been difficult at best under Obama's immigration enforcement policies, like "Catch and Release." So, when a court officer ignores federal law in order to let an illegal immigrant who has been lawfully arrested escape out of the building, that official must be brought up on state and federal charges.

Unfortunately, that may not be the case because, even though the unidentified referee has the same authority as circuit judges, the Immigration and Customs Enforcement and the U.S. Department of Justice have thus far declined to pursue a criminal investigation.

Even though U.S. Attorney Williams has declined to identify the referee, the public does deserve to know who has decided to use his or her own bias in negating a federal ICE order.

That type of apparent illegal behavior deserves a serious investigation by the Oregon State Bar, as well as a move for dismissal of the referee from the current position. The irony of this is that the illegal immigrant was given a "get out of the building pass" by the referee on the same day that President Donald Trump signed the executive immigration order, opined U.S. Attorney Williams, reported the Oregonian.

What is equally troubling is that the referee must have known that illegal immigrants facing impaired driving accusations and other charges were a priority for deportation, and that legal reality was specifically and willfully ignored. In addition, that court officer had taken a sworn oath to follow and uphold the law.

There is a planned internal view in the works according to Multnomah County Circuit Court's presiding judge, Nan Waller. Hopefully, the review will be more than a whitewash of the event, even though the judge did send an email to court staffers alerting them to their responsibility to not impede the work of federal immigration agents.

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Kevin Fobbs Media Bio: 05-21-2021

About Kevin Fobbs: Kevin Fobbs, a native Detroiter, is Chairman of the American Christian Civil Rights Movement (ACCRM), President of NAACP2021: National Association for the Advancement of Canceled People, Managing Partner of Ascension Entertainment Productions, and director of RTL Productions. He is a producer of the Holocaust-themed movie drama "Never Again," collaborator on the 2018 police documentary "Bleeding Blue" and producer/director of post-Civil War - World War II historical Christian southern civil rights drama "Johnathan - Living on the Edge of History," and Exec/Director-Producer of the film version of his soon to be released book a modern Christian fairy tale "Bernadine and Winston the Crooked Worm's Four Seasons of Life."

In the 1970's Kevin became a professional journalist and attended Wayne State University Law School. His written work has appeared in the New York Times and he has written for The Detroit News, The Michigan Chronicle, Clash Daily, Renew America, Communities Digital News (CDN) among others.

Kevin is co-writer of "Sandy Hook Massacre: When Seconds Count - Police Are Minutes Away In 2014 Kevin, together with his grandson, co-authored the Christian children's book "Is There a Lion in My Kitchen? " He is co-author of "Shut Yo' Mouth! How the Left Plays the Race Card to Silence Conservatives and How to Stop It.

He is co-host of New Right Network's "American Exceptionalism" and upcoming "American Correct" podcast shows.

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For nearly 40 years, Kevin's personal devotion to Christian conservative values and principles has guided his public service in both state and national government, as well as private sector and media leadership roles, including elected and appointed positions. The primary Biblical verse that guides Kevin is: Isaiah 6:8 (NIV) 8 Then I heard the voice of the Lord saying, "Whom shall I send? And who will go for us?" And I said, "Here am I. Send me!"

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