[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Con. Res. 90 Introduced in House (IH)]

111th CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. CON. RES. 90

  Expressing the sense of the Congress regarding the removal from the 
    United States of aliens charged under State law with aggravated 
                               felonies.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 31, 2009

Mr. Frelinghuysen submitted the following concurrent resolution; which 
             was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                         CONCURRENT RESOLUTION


 
  Expressing the sense of the Congress regarding the removal from the 
    United States of aliens charged under State law with aggravated 
                               felonies.

Whereas in April 2008, a 20-year-old foreign national was arrested and charged 
        with endangering the welfare of a child and aggravated sexual assault 
        following an alleged attack on a 12-year-old girl;
Whereas the suspect was remanded to Morris County, New Jersey, jail;
Whereas the suspect posted $50,000 bail in August 2008, to secure his release 
        prior to his preliminary hearing and subsequent trial;
Whereas the Morris County Sheriff's office transferred custody of the suspect to 
        U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (``ICE'') that month;
Whereas in September 2008, the suspect was transferred to an ICE detention 
        center in Louisiana where he appeared before an immigration judge and 
        was ordered removed;
Whereas the suspect failed to appear for his preliminary hearing in November 
        2008, in Morris County, New Jersey, prompting a warrant to be issued for 
        his arrest;
Whereas a Morris County grand jury indicted the suspect on aggravated sexual 
        assault charges in December 2008;
Whereas appropriate officials in Morris County, New Jersey, were never informed 
        that this potentially dangerous suspect was about to be or was 
        subsequently removed from the United States;
Whereas the removal of this suspect will delay, if not prevent, the suspect from 
        answering these serious charges in an appropriate court in the United 
        States; and
Whereas a New Jersey victim and her family have been denied justice: Now, 
        therefore, be it
    Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate concurring), 
That it is the sense of the Congress that the Secretary of Homeland 
Security should develop an effective and efficient system of 
communication with State and local law enforcement officials that 
allows such officials to know, in a timely manner, when suspects 
charged in their jurisdictions with aggravated felonies are in the 
final stages of the removal process.
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