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WEBVTT ROM SANTA CRUZWITH TONIGHT'S TOP STORY.PHIL: ALIX TICHELMAN REMAINS INCUSTODY WITH I.C.E. APPARENTLY, SHE IS A CANADIANCITIZEN.SHE PLEAD GUILTY TO FELONYCHARGES OF INVOLUNTAMANSLAUGHTER AND ADMINISTERINGDRUGS, AND THAT MEANS SHE COULDFACE DEPORTATION VERY SOONGOOGLE EXECUTIVE FORREST TIMOTHYHAYES HAD CONTACTED TICHELMAN ONSEVERAL OCCASIONS THROUGH AWEBSITE WHERE WOMEN OFFEREDSERVICES TO WEALTHY MEN INEXCHANGE FOR MONEY.POLICE SAY SHE INJECTED MARRIEDFATHER OF FIVE FORREST TIMOTHYHAYES WITH HEROIN IN NOVEMBE2013, THEN LEFT WITHOUT SEEKINGHELP WHEN HE OVERDOSED ON HISYACH>> TO GEOMET WITH CONVICTED IN2015.ONE MONTH LATER, I SPLIT ANDIMMIGRATION HOLD ON HER.MUST MONTH SHE COMPLETED HERSYMPTOMS.A 48 HOUR HOLD WAS PUT ON HER SOTHEY COULD COME PICK HER UP.>> WE DO NOT THIS REQUEST THEN ISCHEME TO THE SANTA CRUZ COUNTYJAIL.THEY TOOK CUSTODY OF HER.PHIL ACCORDING TO REPORTS,TICHELMAN HAD BEEN PREPARING TOMOVE OUT OF CALIFORNIA WHEN SHEWAS ARRESTED.SHE WAS BORN IN CANADA, BUTCURRENTLY HER IMMIGRATION STATUSIS UNCLEAR. DOUG KEEGAN IS THE DIRECTOR OFTHE SANTA CRUZ COUNTYIMMIGRATION PROJECT AND ANIMMIGRATION ATTORNEY.HE'S FAMILIAR WITH THE TICHELMANCASE BUT DOES NOT REPRESENT HER.HE SAYS, IN GENERAL, SHE COULDREQUEST A HEARING BEFORE ANIMMIGRATION JUDGE, BUT SINCESHE'S A CONVICTED FELON, IT'LLBE TOUGH TO CONVINCE A JUDGE TOALLOW HER TO STAY IN THE UNITEDSTATES.>> ANYONE WITH A FELONY IS PUTIN A VERY SPECIAL CATEGORY ANDHAS VIRTUALLY NO WAY OFPREVENTING THEIR DEPORTATION.PHIL: WE CONTACTED THEDEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITYIMMIGRATION AND CUSTOMSENFORCEMENT. THEY CONFIRMED TICHELMAN IS INTHEIR CUSTODY.I.C.E. SAID THEY WERE GOING TORELEASE A STATEMENT ON THETICHELMAN CASE, BUT WE DID NOTRECEIVE THAT STATEMENT BY THETIME OF BROADCAST.TICHELMAN WAS INVOLVED IN NUMBER OF PROGRAMS AT THE JAIL,INCLUDING DRUG TREATMENT FOR HERHEROIN ADDICTION. SOME ARE CONCERNED ONCE SHE ISRELEASED SHE MAY HAVE TROUBLESTAYING CLEAN.ERIN: TICHELMAN'S IMMIGRATIONHEARING IS REPORTEDLY SCHEDULEDFOR APRIL 6.THE LOCATION OF THAT HEARING IS

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Alix Tichelman, the woman who made international headlines as the "harbor hooker" and "call girl killer," was taken away by Department of Homeland Security Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents after she was released from a Santa Cruz jail last week, sources told KSBW. ICE had requested that deputies place Tichelman on an immigration hold, but they refused, because doing so went against the Santa Cruz County Sheriff's Office policies with handling inmates who are illegal immigrants.ICE agents were still able to find Tichelman as soon as she was freed and took her into federal custody, sources told KSBW's Phil Gomez. Tichelman was born in Canada and she is not an American citizen. "We had denied the request. ICE came to the Santa Cruz County Jail at about 5 a.m. and took custody of Miss Tichelman," Sheriff's Sgt. Chris Clark said. She could end up being deported.Tichelman pleaded guilty in May of 2015 to felony involuntary manslaughter and administering drugs, and she served nearly three years in the Santa Cruz County Jail."Anyone with a felony is put in a very special category, and there's virtually no way of preventing their deportation," Santa Cruz County Immigration Project director Doug Keegan said."Given the seriousness of the conviction, even the notoriety from that, I believe it would be classified as an aggravated felony and her ability to somehow defend against that in deportation (hearings) is very, very slim," Keegan said. --- Download the KSBW news app for breaking newsAt the time of her arrest, Tichelman had been living with her wealthy parents in Northern California. Tichelman's father is the CEO of a California technology company. She spent most of her childhood growing up in Georgia. It's unclear when her family moved to the U.S.VIDEO: Who is Alix Tichelman?Tichelman holds a U.S. green card. Bail documents erroneously state that she is a duel citizen of Canada and the U.S.ICE spokesman James Schwab said federal authorities would never detain or consider deporting anyone who is an American citizen.Santa Cruz police said Tichelman, 29, was responsible for the death of a millionaire Google executive, Forrest Timothy Hayes.The 51-year-old married father of five lived on the westside of Santa Cruz before he died from a heroin overdose on his yacht in the Santa Cruz harbor on Nov. 23, 2013.Police said Hayes hired Tichelman several times for drug-fueled sex after they met on the website SeekingArrangement.com. Surveillance video from the yacht showed Hayes extending his arm as Tichelman injected him. Police said it was obvious he was dying as he collapsed to the floor, but Tichelman never called 911.Defense attorney Larry Biggam said Tichelman injected herself with heroin before she injected Hayes, and the drugs clouded her judgement at the time."This case is about two adults who were engaged in mutual consensual drug usage in the context of a sexual encounter initiated and encouraged by Mr. Hayes. There was no intent to harm or injure, much less kill, Mr. Hayes. Why would she? He was a lucrative source of income to her," Biggam said in 2014. "To demonize, and sensationalize, and totally blame Alix Tichelman for his death is misplaced, unfair, and simply wrong. She's like a wounded bird."She pleaded guilty to two felonies before the case went to trial, and a judge sentenced her to serve six years in jail.According to her Facebook profile, Tichelman went to high school in Atlanta, Georgia, majored in journalism at Georgia State University, and worked as a dancer, makeup artist, and model. A YouTube video uploaded in 2012 shows Tichelman giving a makeup tutorial.Her ex-boyfriend, 53-year-old monkey trainer Dean Riopelle, died from a heroin overdose in Georgia two months before Hayes' death. Riopelle's death was ruled as accidental.Tichelman completed drug rehab programs during her time in jail because she was addicted to heroin. But once she is walking free, whether in the U.S. or Canada, some are worried she will struggle with staying clean, her public defender said.For now, Tichelman remains in ICE's custody and is scheduled to appear before a U.S. immigration judge in San Francisco Wednesday. "She will remain in DHS/ICE custody pending removal proceedings," Schwab said.