Bud Conlin Got Arrested And Banned

The Miami New Times ran a story about Bud Conlin and Tom Kennedy who were banned from visiting detainees at the Krome Detention Center.  Bud has worked with immigration detainees as part of FOMDD.org or the Friends of Miami Dade Detainees for several years.

His visiting privileges were most likely restricted because of his arrest at the I.C.E. Office in Miramar, Florida.  He and others were arrested while protesting current immigration policies.

The bureaucracy in their mind probably thought they were acting reasonably and I doubt that they got any flack from officials that manage the Krome Detention Center. 

According to an ICE Detention document:

 

"Only an officer with the rank of supervisor or above may deny or cancel a visit. In those cases, the officer shall document his or her action in a memorandum sent through official channels to the facility administrator. The visiting room officer, with concurrence from the shift supervisor, may terminate visits involving inappropriate behavior."

 

 And so it goes, I doubt Bud would have exhibited  inappropriate behavior once inside Krome, but I don't doubt that his name, his participation in some civil disobedience at Miramar, and his political opinion of I.C.E. have made I.C.E. a little bit touchy.