Breitbart has a list out today of the worst sanctuary cities, and I'm astonished to see that Wake County, North Carolina (the county seat of which is Raleigh, the state capital) is included, sitting in position #8. I knew things were deteriorating in Raleigh (and environs), but I didn't know it was this bad. And apparently, much of the problem has to do with the sheriff (although I imagine he's supported by other county officials - and the governor, as indicated below).
Wake County may as well be called “woke county.”
In 2018, shortly after Sheriff Gerald Baker took office, 16 foreign nationals under ICE detainers were released from the county’s jails.
An IRLI investigation found a rise in overall violent crime the year after Baker cancelled the cooperation agreement between ICE and the county to remove criminal aliens from the community.
ICE announced in 2019 that Wake County criminal offenders were being shielded because the county was refusing to cooperate with federal immigration authorities. Many of those with ICE detainers were charged with heinous crimes, including first-degree rape of a child, indecent liberties with a child, and felony possession of a Schedule I controlled substance, among others.
That same year, ICE blasted Baker after he released a registered sex offender who was in the country illegally. The offender, Furmencio Miranda-Cortazar, was allowed to walk free after being convicted of sexual battery against a 13-year-old girl.
According to ICE, local authorities across the state of North Carolina refused to honor nearly 500 detainers in 2019. Roy Cooper, the state’s Democratic governor, vetoed a bill that would’ve cracked down on sanctuary counties.
In 2020, nearly 200 suspected illegal immigrants were released from Wake County jail, according to local officials.
In the last 12 months, Wake County detention facilities admitted over 32,000 detainees. Approximately one-third, or 12,000, of these admissions bonded out almost immediately or received conditions of release.
Baker is up for reelection, this year. I hope the citizens toss him out, but I am not optimistic.
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... apparently, much of the problem has to do with the sheriff (although I imagine he's supported by other county officials - and the governor ...
I expect a whole lot of that has to do with the steady influx over the last forty years of refugees from northern states ( and probably California) who came with the build up of manufacturing in the south. They brought their politics and attitudes with them, and they populated the already populous metroplexes. Officials thus base their decisions on what they perceive will get them the most votes where they count. I don't know what the answer is, unless lazy "Daddy was a Democrat" voters wake up and realize what's being done to them.
Absolutely correct, Rebecca. For decades, there has been an influx of blue-staters, many of them drawn to North Carolina's excellent university system, many others attracted to what is known as the Research Triangle Park - a significant aggregation of scientific research facilities and high tech companies located near three major universities: Duke, UNC (Chapel Hill) and NC State.
And throw in the emasculation of the military which used to have a lot of influence in NC and other southern states.
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