HARTFORD, CT) – Governor Ned Lamont has delivered a letter  to U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen asserting that her department must recognize pardons granted in the State of Connecticut just as they would in any other state. The governor was prompted to contact Secretary Nielsen due to the detention earlier this week and planned deportation of a Connecticut mother by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officials that is based on a conviction for two nonviolent offenses, the most recent having occurred more than seven years ago. The mother, who came to Connecticut as a small child, has lived here legally for most of her life, is married to a U.S. citizen, and has a U.S. citizen minor child.

 

Although she was granted full pardons of those convictions by the Connecticut Board of Pardons and Paroles prior to her detainment, ICE is refusing to recognize them simply because they are granted by a board appointed by the governor, rather than being granted by the governor directly. There is no other significant distinction between the absolute and unconditional pardons granted by Connecticut and those granted by other states.“An individual granted a pardon by the Connecticut Board of Pardons and Paroles – just like an individual granted a pardon in another state – is no longer considered by law to have been convicted or otherwise adjudicated guilty of the pardoned crime,” Governor Lamont wrote. “Failure by ICE to acknowledge the pardoning authority of the State of Connecticut creates an unfair and unjust result for the citizens of our state.

 

“We urge you to give Connecticut pardons the respect they are due, and Connecticut individuals who have been pardoned – including Ms. Walton, her U.S. citizen family, and others who may be adversely affected by this policy – the opportunity to continue to contribute positively to our community.”

 

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Nota de el Gobernador para ICE

HARTFORD, CT) – El gobernador Ned Lamont ha entregado una carta al secretario de seguridad nacional de los Estados Unidos, Kirstjen Nielsen, en la que afirma que su departamento debe reconocer los indultos otorgados en el estado de Connecticut tal como lo harían en cualquier otro estado. Se le pidió al gobernador que se pusiera en contacto con el secretario Nielsen debido a la detención a principios de esta semana y la deportación planificada de una madre de Connecticut por parte de los funcionarios de Inmigración y Control de Aduanas de los Estados Unidos (ICE, por sus siglas en inglés) que se basa en una condena por dos delitos no violentos. hace siete años. La madre, que vino a Connecticut como un niña pequeña, ha vivido legalmente aquí durante la mayor parte de su vida, está casada con un ciudadano de los Estados Unidos y tiene un hijo menor de edad de los Estados Unidos.

Aunque la Junta de Perdones y Libertad Condicional de Connecticut le concedió el indulto completo de esas condenas antes de su detención, ICE se niega a reconocerlas simplemente porque las otorga una junta nombrada por el gobernador, en lugar de ser otorgada directamente por el gobernador. No hay otra distinción significativa entre los indultos absolutos e incondicionales otorgados por Connecticut y los otorgados por otros estados. “Un individuo otorgado un indulto por la Junta de Perdones y Libertad Condicional de Connecticut – al igual que un individuo otorgado un indulto en otro estado – no es “La ley ya había considerado que ya había sido condenado o declarado culpable del delito perdonado”, escribió el gobernador Lamont. “Si ICE no reconoce la autoridad de indultación del estado de Connecticut, se crea un resultado injusto e injusto para los ciudadanos de nuestro estado.

“Le instamos a que le dé a Connecticut el perdón que merece, y a las personas de Connecticut que han sido indultadas, incluida la Sra. Walton, su familia ciudadana de los EE. UU. Y otras personas que pueden verse afectadas negativamente por esta política, la oportunidad de seguir contribuyendo positivamente. a nuestra comunidad “

By Stephen Krauchick

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