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ICE publishes list of jurisdictions not cooperating with detainer requests
President Donald Trump's administration on March 20 issued its first weekly report on jurisdictions that do not honor detainer requests from immigration authorities -- a more formal description of "sanctuary cities." Trump mandated the launch of the reporting tool in a Jan. 25 executive order.
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement sends detainer requests to law enforcement agencies to alert them of an intent to take into custody individuals before they are released by local authorities. Detainers ask agencies to hold individuals for immigration enforcement authorities for up to 48 hours.
The Declined Detainer Outcome Report names localities (such as city and county jails) that release individuals despite federal requests.
Aside from the name of the law enforcement agency, the report includes the dates detainers were issued and denied, and individuals' citizenship and notable criminal activity.
From Jan. 28 to Feb. 3, jurisdictions declined at least 206 ICE detainers, the report said. Not all agencies that declined a request had "sanctuary city" policies.
However, the report did identify jurisdictions that have enacted policies to limit their cooperation with ICE. The determinations were based on public announcements, news reports, publicly disclosed policies and information provided directly to ICE, the report said.
Places listed include cities such as New York City, Hernando County in Florida, and New Mexico county jails.
The report noted that jurisdictions' policies may have changed since the report's publication.
This new publication identifies jurisdictions limiting cooperation with immigration officials, but is not yet a call to cut their funding. It's fair to say it would be a first step toward that action. We continue to rate this promise In the Works.
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Department of Homeland Security, DHS releases U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Declined Detainer Outcome Report, March 20, 2017