“After inspecting his birth certificate, Leon County Judge LaShawn Riggans said during the hearing that “this is indeed an authentic document,” but that she did not have jurisdiction beyond finding no probable cause for the charge.”
To which I’d think the correct reply should have been “If you don’t have the authority to release him, then what’s your authority to detain him?”
Nobody bothered asking that question. “He’s a US Citizen, here’s his birth certificate, by what authority are you detaining him?”
ICE was requesting the judge detain him, which was apparently beyond their authority. The correct answer would have been to tell ICE “I’m sorry, we don’t have the authority to do that.”
The judge literally said they didn’t have the authority to release him:
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/latino/us-born-citizen-detained-ice-immigration-florida-rcna201800
“After inspecting his birth certificate, Leon County Judge LaShawn Riggans said during the hearing that “this is indeed an authentic document,” but that she did not have jurisdiction beyond finding no probable cause for the charge.”
To which I’d think the correct reply should have been “If you don’t have the authority to release him, then what’s your authority to detain him?”
Nobody bothered asking that question. “He’s a US Citizen, here’s his birth certificate, by what authority are you detaining him?”
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ICE was requesting the judge detain him, which was apparently beyond their authority. The correct answer would have been to tell ICE “I’m sorry, we don’t have the authority to do that.”