Fake bomb from anti-ICE activists?
Dem County Executive @TomDeGise in Hudson County, NJ, who pushed ICE detention contract renewal last year, says he was sent a fake bomb in the mail. Commissioner Vainieri says it came from anti-ICE activists.
Dem County Executive @TomDeGise in Hudson County, NJ, who pushed ICE detention contract renewal last year, says he was sent a fake bomb in the mail. Commissioner Vainieri says it came from anti-ICE activists.
https://twitter.com/HeinisHardNews/status/1346186421137256448
@TomDeGise Vainieri also makes false claim about ICE detainees who county holds: "Every one of them came to our country illegally and then committed a violent crime here in America." But he attached list of detainee "charges" that includes immigration violations & other non-violent offenses 
Also, many detainees are Green Card holders who did not come "to our country illegally."
Also, those with charges but not convictions are in fact, technically, "innocent."
Also, those with charges but not convictions are in fact, technically, "innocent."
It's unclear if this framing is intentionally misleading or reflects politicians' lack of understanding of what ICE detention is all about. Either way, other New Jersey Dems also falsely describe detainees this way in defending their ICE contracts:
https://twitter.com/mattkatz00/status/1344029261913583616
Clarification from Vainieri spox. He says detainee population changes "may lead to some minor discrepancies when looking at the offenses committed," but "it's clear that the vast majority of detainees have been convicted of violent offenses and this continues to be the case."
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