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John Phillip Thomas and Lynette Sharp allegedly helped Song hide from law enforcement for several days, according to court records.
Prior to Benjamin Song’s capture, a manhunt for him prompted a “Blue Alert” that pinged numerous cell phones on July 9.
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A manhunt ended Tuesday afternoon after the FBI captured Benjamin Song, who is suspected of being involved in an anti-ICE attack on Independence Day that left a police officer shot in the neck.
Surveillance photos appeared to show the suspect’s husband carrying boxes to a car, where cops later found “a handwritten training, tactics, and planning documents for civil unrest
If approved by council at the Aug. 5 meeting, Keller law enforcement officers would be a part of ICE’s 287 (g) program. The program authorizes state and local officers to “perform specified immigration officer functions under the agency’s direction and oversight,” according to the website.
President Trump has granted federal immigration agents "total authorization" to defend themselves following recent clashes.
“In most respects, ICE facilities operate with less consistent oversight and legal accountability than state or federal prisons or local jails,” Brinkley-Rubinstein said. “ICE detention facilities and people that run them tend to be much less transparent about their operations.”
Grover Cleveland High School junior Derlis Snaider Chusin Toaquiza, 19, was attending a routine immigration hearing on June 4 when he was detained.