ICE Detains Immigrant Outside Rhode Island Courthouse

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Immigration authorities have arrested a man they identified as a Syrian national who was in this country illegally outside the Providence County Superior Courthouse. ICE spokesman Shawn Neudauer said the man, Abdulkhalek Darwich, came to the United States lawfully in 1998 but overstayed his visa.

Darwich was detained on June 1st following a required court appearance. He faces criminal charges in a case involving the sale of cigarettes without a state tax stamp.

Legal professionals expressed surprise at the arrest. Darwich appeared to have no violent criminal convictions in his background. And the location of the arrest, outside a court building, struck many attorneys as unusual.
ICE Detains Immigrant Outside Rhode Island Courthouse

Since 1998 he has been here.

 

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"There are no protected classes of aliens, none," said [ICE spokesman Shawn Neudauer.]
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That's disturbing because (1) it's incorrect and (2) because the person who made the statement is someone who's job is that of a communicator.