Like a pedestrian criminal story from Denver, the focus of the congress immigration debate was

For the Republican MP Jim Jordan from Ohio, Abraham Gonzalez from Denver is a classic example of how a liberal “sanctuary city” and the previous presidential administration have made America less secure by illegal immigrants on the street and not on immigration authorities for deportation.

A review of Gonzalez 'short but eventful crime history in Colorado shows that his case could be better described as an object lesson in the complexity of criminal law and the lack of transparency in the immigration procedure.

Jordan declared his complaints to the mayor of Denver, Mike Johnston on Wednesday during a hearing from the House Committee on Oversight and Reform. Four US mayors had been called in front of the committee to explain their city and state politics towards immigration.

Gonzalez 'alleged crimes never rose to popularity before Wednesday. They are the type of border crimes that take place every day in American cities.

But they were at the center of the congress, and if Colorado can trust arrest and court files, Jordan was wrong.

“He is a Venezuelan gang member who was arrested by the border patrol on September 20, 2023, which was released by the Biden administration into the country,” Jordan began, taking the arms of his chair when he read from a prepared document.

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These details are impossible to check because the border patrol does not provide their records of detention or approval. The immigration and customs authority declared him as a gang member in a post in the social network X, but no evidence for these connections was presented, and nothing that notices him as a gang member is contained in publicly available arrest work that Colorado Public Radio checked by his encounters with the police. His immigration status at the time when it was released by the border patrol is also not publicly known.

“A few months later he arrested in her city, charged with serious assault,” continued Jordan.

According to the Colorado Bureau of Investigation, this applies. They show that Gonzalez was arrested on February 26, 2024 for threats (serious physical injury). A spokeswoman for the Sheriff department of Denver said that Gonzalez was then released from prison three days later to wait for personal recognition. However, there are no records of legal proceedings in this case public. This could be due to the fact that the indictment was rejected and the case was sealed or that this indictment was combined with later charges with which Gonzalez was confronted.

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Before this publication, an immigrant could be in a district prison with temporary status in the United States. However, this is not known because ICE refused to answer questions about the Gonzalez case, and their documents are not public.

Jordan wasn't finished yet.

“On March 11, 2024, he was charged with motor vehicle theft – a car,” said the Member of the Congress.

Here Jordan's timeline cannot enter the court and arrest documents. The Fall of the car actually occurred in Denver on November 1, 2023, just two months after Gonzalez entered the country.

Gonzalez was discovered at the intersection of the Monaco Street and the Leetsdale Drive in Denver in a stolen Hyundai Elantra. The police followed him and a passenger to Thornton, where they told the officer that she was from Venezuela and had just arrived in the country and crossed the border in Texas.

Gonzalez, who was on Tuesday 24 on Tuesday, was booked for car theft, the prison was allowed to leave Denver County to his own recognition the next day while waiting. More than a year later, this case is still pending.

“And on March 20, 2024, Mr. Gonzalez will be charged with threats to crime,” continued Jordan.

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This is true. At that time he was charged with threats, experimental murder, attempted attack, kidnapping and illegal discharge of a firearm.

But Jordan's Timeline missed a case. On March 11, 2024 (on the day Jordan said that Gonzalez had been arrested for car theft in Denver), he was arrested according to the arrest and court records

This traffic case remains pending as a ruthless driving fee. And it is not known whether Ice Douglas County asked to surround Gonzalez in his eight days in the South Metro County prison. Dougco's office said that ice was not informed about his release because he was directly moved to the prison by Denver to face the attempted murder.

Almost immediately after this transmission, according to Jordan Denver, Ice announced that they wanted to take Gonzalez as soon as the city was finished.

Gonzalez remained in prison for almost a year because of the attempted murder and the kidnapping of charges. He was released on February 28, 2025 last Friday. But today there are no publicly available court files related to these charges. This could also mean that the case was released and sealed. Denver's public prosecutor would only say that there are no records in the court proceedings.

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The Denver police said in response to the questions of CPR News about the attempted allegations of murder “There are no such records.”

From March 2024, Gonzales will still have court hearings in the Denver Vehicle theft after November 2024. But with him now in ice custody, it is not known whether the victim or the victims will ever see justice in these cases.

Jordan admitted that the Sheriff's office from Denver Ice “one hour” gave notice of termination to the internment camp, but he said that was not sufficient. Nevertheless, ICE agents were waiting for prison last Friday when Gonzalez was described in a chaotic scene.

Republican MP Jeff Crank from Colorado Springs said that Gonzalez was caught by the Ice Officers, but one of them before he was taken into custody.

“Let's just be honest without the Denver police authority helping if the situation becomes violent, it is irresponsible,” said Crank on Wednesday and turned to the mayor. “And be clear, there is no federal law that forces them to do it that way.”

ICE agents who can be seen on raids in the U -Bahn area are similar to police officers, including the armored Swat vehicles. Federal authorities such as DEA, FBI and ATF were also appointed by President Donald Trump to support ice cream at the request of this agency.

A spokeswoman for ICE Denver Office said that she could not publish or confirm any of the new information from the hearing of the congress, only that you will follow all attacks.

“A suspected TDA gang member was released from Denver County from Denver County because of the Co Co's sanctuary guidelines,” said X. “ICE was forced to arrest him in public, where he attacked officers. Sanctuary guidelines endanger communities and law enforcement authorities. “

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Compared to some other offices of a sheriff in Colorado, Denver has a different guideline to publish people outside the facility – in the paramedic or load area and outdoors, where they could escape feasible when they run quickly.

In El Paso County, for example, the transfer of custody from the district prison to a federal immigration officer in the admission and transfer of some of the prison would occur, so the area is secure, said spokeswoman Cassandra Sebastian.

“At no time would the person be outside and would never be a danger to the public,” said Sebastian.

So ice cream comes into the facility and the transfer of custody takes place there inside.

When asked whether the suspect would ever do handcuffs, Sebastian said that there would be “dependent on the situation”, but there could be incidents in which a cuff would go off and the person was thrown again by an immigration officer.

In Teller County, Sheriff Jason Mikesell invited that he invites ice agents to the booking area and that the inmate is transferred from local custody inside.

He said the person inside was usually not tied up because it is a safe area, but they are never released outside where they could be a danger to the public.

“I do it because I do it,” said Mikesell. “We are released in the facility.”

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The Colorado Law prohibits local prisons to keep occupants for every time to keep their sentences or the time in which they are to be released. Would one or two more in handcuffs be seen as a violation? It's just not clear.

Douglas County runs a little more than Denver. A spokeswoman on Wednesday said on Wednesday that they would not hold them out, they do not delay them and they do not help ice at all.

“ICE would wait in front of the judicial center and when the inmate goes, you can get it,” said the deputy, deputy Cocha Heyden from Douglas County. “We tell them that this person is about to connect, and that was it.”

ICE is not entering the Douglas County Justice Center or the Sheriff's Office, she said.

Johnston said that when he heard about the injury of the ICE officer, he turned to ice to check his status and talk about how the transfer of custody works in Denver. When the mayor was urged by Republicans to make a change in politics from Denver, he wanted to understand what happened more clearly.

There is one last turn in the Gonzalez case. His story was discussed in the halls of the congress on Wednesday, but it is not clear where he is now. A search for several permutations of his name in the prisoner -loocator -tool from ICE did not find a match on Wednesday afternoon.