The sheriffs, who featured prominently in Sen. Sherrod Brown’s campaign ads touting the Ohio Democratic Party’s border security record, essentially oversee sanctuary counties, where voters are worried about illegal immigration as the November election approaches. The concern has drawn criticism from Republicans in polls.
Franklin County Sheriff Dallas Baldwin said in a recent ad in which several Ohio sheriffs tell voters about the Brown Act, signed by former President Trump, to crack down on illegal drugs coming across the border. “We are fighting to protect the safety of society.”
Franklin County, home to Columbus, Ohio’s capital and most populous city, is widely considered a de facto “sanctuary city,” with the Columbus Contingent in 2020 stating that its “policies do not allow jurisdictions to declare themselves sanctuaries.” They are in agreement,” he wrote. City.
Baldwin, a Democrat who has served as sheriff since 2017, was cited by Immigration and Customs Enforcement in 2020 for misconduct. press release It said his county released 29 criminal illegal aliens in a matter of weeks, even though ICE requested that these people be detained.
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Senator Sherrod Brown (left) and Franklin County Sheriff Dallas Baldwin (Getty Images)
“When a dangerous criminal alien is released into a community, his or her propensity to reoffend unnecessarily puts public safety at risk,” said ICE’s Enforcement Removal Operations (ERO) in Michigan and Ohio. said Rebecca Adducci, field office director at ). he said at the time. “Despite local decisions to disrespect detainees and jeopardize the safety of our citizens, ICE remains committed to apprehending and removing criminal aliens in the interest of public safety and national security.”
One of those released is Hajir Muhammud, a 59-year-old Somali national who was convicted of sex crimes involving children and was rearrested by ICE after being released from Franklin County, according to a press release. .
“Edgar Moreno-Soto, a 25-year-old Mexican national, was arrested on Nov. 6 for felony firearm possession and drug charges,” the press release said. “ICE applied for detainer status after his arrest. He was subsequently released because Franklin County refused to honor ICE detainees. His current location is unknown.”
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Franklin County Sheriff Dallas Baldwin
The published list of criminal aliens also includes those charged with domestic violence, assault, and firearms charges.
About a month after Mr. Baldwin took office in 2017, a department spokesperson told the Columbus Free Press that counties do not arrest undocumented immigrants solely on suspicion of being in the country illegally, or report those suspicions to ICE. He said he had no intention of giving notice. Around the same time, the mayor of Columbus signed an executive order The Trump administration is cracking down on “sanctuary cities,” which protect illegal immigrants from arrest unless a warrant is issued.
“Strictly speaking, the city does not decide whether to detain illegal immigrants. Franklin County runs the jail and sets its policies.” Fox 28 Columbus reported “The Franklin County Sheriff’s Office said it has been a long-standing policy to only arrest people who have committed a crime and release them once they have served their sentences. It’s time.” Someone is being released. ”
Last week, an illegal immigrant TikTok influencer was arrested by ICE in Franklin County for posting a viral video encouraging immigrants to illegally occupy other people’s homes.
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ICE and ERO officers detained illegal immigrants. (Todd Packard/Immigration and Customs Enforcement)
The county’s stance on illegal immigration during Baldwin’s term drew criticism from Brown’s Republican opponent.
“One of the only law enforcement officers he spotted in a false ad as Sherrod Brown defended defunding the police and said they perpetuate institutionalized racism.” It’s no surprise that we run a county that refuses to cooperate with ICE,” said Phillip Rezzo, a spokesperson for the National. Republican Senate Committee told Fox News Digital.
“Mr. Brown worked with Joe Biden to create a border crisis that is flooding our country with fentanyl. Mr. Brown will have to answer in November.”
Reagan McCarthy, communications director for Brown’s Republican challenger Bernie Moreno, told Fox News Digital that President Biden and Brown’s “open borders policy, including sanctuary cities, is destroying our country.” .
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Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) speaks at an event in Covington, Kentucky, on January 4, 2023. (Joshua A. Bickel/Bloomberg)
“Under their failed leadership and reversal of effective Trump-era policies, countless lawless individuals have been released into our communities,” McCarthy said. “Mr. Brown is tough-talking, but the border invasion and fentanyl crisis happened on his watch. In November, Ohioans rejected his empty promises to secure the border and deport illegal aliens. will send an outsider to the Senate.”
Fox News Digital reached out to Baldwin’s office for comment but did not receive a response.
“Mr. Sherrod will work with Republicans and Democrats to secure hundreds of millions of dollars for law enforcement officers in Ohio, increase the number of Border Patrol agents on the southern border, and increase the number of agents working with dangerous fentanyl chemical suppliers in China and Mexico. We’ve been cracking down on traffickers,” Reeves said. Oyster, a spokesperson for the Friends of Sherrod Brown campaign, told Fox News Digital.
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“While Mr. Sherrod is fighting to secure the border and protect Ohioans, Bernie Moreno is not looking out for them,” he said in a statement. I objected.”
Brown’s campaign told Fox News Digital that he cited several examples of Brown’s commitment to border security, which some have called “the most conservative in decades.” Examples include supporting recent Senate immigration legislation and working with Southern Republican Sen. Tim Scott, he said. Carolina passes fentanyl elimination law, set aside hundreds of millions of dollars for Ohio law enforcement agencies.
