'That's enough': ICE turns up the volume in campaign against sanctuary cities
by Anna Giaritelli
January 22, 2020 12:00 AM ICE is making a lot of noise after years of criticizing how some Democrat-run cities and states known as sanctuary zones, where police will not report illegal immigrants, will not honor the agency’s requests to work together.
Federal officers at ICE are able to look at local arrests and see if a person is legally or illegally in the country. If that person appears to be an illegal immigrant, the officer can request that the local law enforcement agency notify ICE before they are released so ICE can take custody and begin deportation proceedings. Sanctuary zones release illegal immigrants after they make bail or serve time in jail, including those with criminal convictions, without notifying ICE.
ICE is guided by the same policies that existed under the Obama administration, but it is acting more aggressively at the direction of the Trump White House. The agency’s acting director, Matt Albence, is speaking out more, ICE's presence on social media has risen, and its retaliatory legal action against sanctuary zones this month is unprecedented.
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