Elections have consequences and so do current events.
Josh Siegel, newly elected County Executive of Lehigh County, is evicting ICE agents from a county office building, partly because they haven’t paid rent in 3 years (the tab is over $155,000, not including late fees), but also because of ICE’s recent behavior, spreading terror in American cities.
The action is not without controversy. This particular office helped with human trafficking and drug related crimes. They weren’t dragging people of their homes in their underwear in the middle of a snowstorm which is a good reminder that ICE did have an important role in our society before Trump and Kristi Noem gained power.
(From the article)
District Attorney Gavin Holihan, who has worked closely with HSI, said the eviction is short-sighted.
“They’re a very important partner of ours in keeping the community safe,” he said, noting that the office’s lead agent was keynote speaker at a recent fundraising event for Bloom for Women, a nonprofit that helps victims of sex trafficking and exploitation.
Indeed, Holihan — who supported Siegel in the November election — said the agency is so important that he is willing to pay the back rent out of the drug forfeiture fund — money seized from drug operations that can be spent on crime-fighting initiatives at his discretion.
He acknowledged the agency should pay what it owes, but challenged the idea that HSI is essentially the same agency as the enforcement arm dominating the news.
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