When school officials could not verify legal documentation they notified the INS. Malvo and his mother were apprehended and confined in a Seattle detention center to be deported. Ms. James claimed they had been brought to Florida on a cargo boat filled with illegal Asians. Evidently she could not or refused to identify the ship. Under changes to immigration laws in 1997, that made her and her son eligible for mandatory deportation without a hearing.
However, in violation of the law, Seattle INS officials freed James on $1,500 bail and Malvo without any bail. According to syndicated columnist Michelle Malkin, who followed up on the story, Seattle officials refused any explanation and referred her to INS headquarters in the Justice Department in D.C. Those officials also stonewalled referring Malkin to the Maryland sniper Task Force which refused to comment. It almost seems as though both Muhammad and Malvo had "guardian angels" in at least the ranks of immigration officials.
Most of the media, back in "synch" with government officials, have portrayed the sniper Task Force operation as a model of inter-agency cooperation and efficiency. This despite all the missed opportunities to apprehend and arrest Muhammad and the disingenuous stories about how they came into possession of evidence.
However, in violation of the law, Seattle INS officials freed James on $1,500 bail and Malvo without any bail. According to syndicated columnist Michelle Malkin, who followed up on the story, Seattle officials refused any explanation and referred her to INS headquarters in the Justice Department in D.C. Those officials also stonewalled referring Malkin to the Maryland sniper Task Force which refused to comment. It almost seems as though both Muhammad and Malvo had "guardian angels" in at least the ranks of immigration officials.
Most of the media, back in "synch" with government officials, have portrayed the sniper Task Force operation as a model of inter-agency cooperation and efficiency. This despite all the missed opportunities to apprehend and arrest Muhammad and the disingenuous stories about how they came into possession of evidence.