ICE to Suffolk DA: We're in your courthouses, arresting your defendants

ideally, they would remain deported, but for many, it's far too easy to re-enter the country and remain here until another deportation proceeding commences (especially if you are never convicted for your crime because ICE stepped in and prevented a court from trying and convicting you) so the chances of them returning is higher than you might think.

If they are convicted and incarcerated here for their crimes they are guaranteed to not be out on the street. They can be deported once they have done their time and they will have a permanent criminal record (convictions rather than just charges or indictment). Yes, it costs the taxpayer to house them in prison, but it's the only solution to truly keeping them off the streets until CBP figures out a way to keep them from reentering the country.

Also, it allows victims to feel as though justice has been served, especially in cases where financial compensation would be ordered.

It's not necessarily about any specific person, and certainly not about the two people whose arrests were reported in the Fox article. It's about the precedent, and what it means for everyone else.

When police arrest someone, they have to "Mirandize" them, or read them their "Miranda rights" ("You have the right to remain silent. etc...") Read up about Ernesto Miranda some time. The man was a rapist who was convicted twice. That doesn't mean that the right we all have to be "Mirandized" if arrested is a bad right. Good rights often come from the cases of bad people.

By the same token, it isn't the violent (and rare) MS-13 member whose detention by ICE is cause for concern. It's the (much more common) undocumented but otherwise law abiding person who is afraid to enter a courthouse to testify about the hit and run, or robbery, or assault they witnessed because they know that sometimes ICE lurks around courthouses. At which point, a bad guy gets away.

Then we all suffer.

however, first of all: defendants, not convicted yet. due process is a thing you can't just throw away because "brown people".

second: the point isn't "letting gang members roam the streets threatening kids" (thats a convenient strawman though), it's that ICE roaming courthouses is a) overstepping their bounds as federal law enforcement and b) keeps innocent law-abiding immigrants away from the justice system - that means witnesses won't testify and victims won't seek help - which, in turn, means that criminals are not arrested and convicted. over time, this will only get worse, since the criminals know that the most vulnerable, easily exploited population is immigrants, who won't go to the police and won't show up in court. it's not just me, some anon rando on the intertubes saying this, police chiefs and DAs across the country have said it too.

i would add, victims of domestic abuse have been detained by ICE using these tactics. not criminals, only seeking help, only seeking to get the real criminals behind bars, and what do they get? kicked out.

Legal permanent residents came here legally and have a green card.

Can you cite an example?

The only one I recall is the Michigan doctor who clearly had a longstanding bad relationship with law enforcement. A physician doesn't get arrested by local cops for expired registration in any state unless the cops suspect something really wrong.