A routine shoplifting case escalates in Rotterdam when police encounter a Hispanic couple, Michel Garcia Rojas and Maria Duque-Muriel, with a young child. After discovering Rojas is a former police officer in Nicaragua, local officers struggle with protocol involving undocumented immigrants. The incident led to the invocation of the Laken Riley law, which mandates ICE notification for certain crimes. This case underscores the contentious issue of immigration enforcement amidst calls for sanctuary state status versus local cooperation with federal agents.
I think it's a very sad case and I think that demonstrates how quickly things can escalate for people who don't have immigration status.
Local law enforcement is now caught in the middle of a heated debate over whether to cooperate with ICE in minor criminal cases involving undocumented immigrants.
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