Jun
16

Hennepin and Ramsey Counties and ICE Holds

Hennepin and Ramsey County Sheriffs both announced this week that they are no longer going to honor Immigration and Customs Enforcement's (ICE) requests to hold non-citizens for 48-hours after they are released from criminal custody. Until this week, ICE would place a "hold" on certain non-citizen individuals when local law enforcement arrested them. The hold would give ICE 48 hours to come pick these individuals up after they were released from criminal custody. ICE would then often place them in removal proceedings. The Sheriffs cited cost as one of the main reasons they have decided to...

Jun
4

Social Media and Criminal Charges

When you use social media, do you consider the potential legal consequences of your activity? Richard Alan Collier learned the hard way that posting about illegal activity on social media can lead to criminal charges. He voted absentee in both the Minnesota and Texas 2012 general elections and then bragged about it online. On June 3, 2014, Mr. Collier pleaded guilty in Galveston, Texas, to attempting to commit illegal voting. He was fined $4,000. Before your next tweet or post, take a moment to think about any legal ramifications your activity could have.