hartling. ms.artling, but will continue now with the questioning part and boost over the gentleman from georgia for five minutes. >> thank you, mr. chairman. i would like to thank each of you for being here, and your stories are extremely moving and our hearts go out to you. i spoke yesterday with the sheriff of gwinnett county, which is the second most, is number two in terms of criminal aliens being dropped off, second only to harris county, texas, and he has law enforcement -- mention it is number two. chief martin, as a 40 year veteran of the law enforcement, i'm ho h

hartling. ms. hartling, but will continue now with the questioning part and boost over the gentleman from georgia for five minutes. >> thank you, mr. chairman. i would like to thank each of you for being here, and your stories are extremely moving and our hearts go out to you. i spoke yesterday with the sheriff of gwinnett county, which is the second most, is number two in terms of criminal aliens being dropped off, second only to harris county, texas, and he has law enforcement -- mention it is number two. chief martin, as a 40 year veteran of the law enforcement, i'm hoping he might be able to shed some light on some of the questions from your own experience, your knowledge. when an illegal alien is released, are you notified? >> no, sir. >> by anyone? >> we are not notified by anyone. >> okay. so we heard testimony this morning that i.c.e. notifies the states of all those who are released, and then that information filters down. and you were saying that that is not the case. >> we do not receive

hartling, as mr. lynch said, trying to get some good out of this horrific event, has drawn admiration from all quarters. thank you for being here, ms. hartling. i think i'm the last one here. all your patience is going to be paid off shortly and give you an opportunity to talk. director saldana, the one thing about the casey chad it is wick case is there's no ambiguity in this instance in terms of whether or not someone's charges were pending or whether or not the individual was nvicted of aning a rah vated versus a serious offense. jean jacques came into the country without documentation. convicted by the state of connecticut of a homicide. served over 15 years in prison. at the completion of his sentence, the department of corrections surrendered him into the custody of i.c.e. again, your -- the government had run the traps in terms of getting a deportation order completed at that point. any appeals that he tried to pose had been exhausted. so there was just, again, no sort of glitches that anyone c

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