Jean Jacques, Haitian immigrant accused in Norwich, Connecticut killing, was spared deportation after prior violent felony

Jean Jacques, Haitian immigrant accused in Norwich, Connecticut killing, was spared deportation after prior violent felony - CBS News:
"NEW LONDON, Conn. -- A Haitian immigrant who was released from prison in January after serving a 17-year prison sentence for attempted murder is back in custody on a murder charge in the death of a Connecticut woman last month.
The Bulletin reports that Jean Jacques's prison file was marked "Detainer: Immigration" and that Connecticut officials say he was released in January to the custody of the U.S. Department of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), but was never deported.
ICE spokesman Shawn Neudauer tells the newspaper the law prohibits him from discussing Jacques' case.
On Monday, the 40-year-old Jacques was in a Connecticut court to answer to murder and drug charges, stemming from the June 15 stabbing death of Casey Chadwick in Norwich, the city where Jacques lived before he went to prison.
The 25-year-old woman's body was found stuffed in a closet.
According to the Bulletin, in January 2014, Connecticut made history by becoming the first state to enact legislation that prohibited law enforcement agencies from holding people simply because they had a civil immigration detainer put on them..."