Dozens of Gang Members Released By Sanctuary Policies
By Jessica M. Vaughan and Preston Huennekens on April 17, 2018
According to ICE statistics provided to the Senate Judiciary Committee, over a nine-month period in FY2017, 142 gang members that ICE was seeking to deport were released by the local law enforcement agency instead of transferred to ICE custody. Two-thirds of the releases occurred in California, which has had a strict sanctuary policy in effect since January 2014. Fifteen of the aliens were members of the MS-13 gang and 127 were members of other gangs.
The releases occurred in 37 jurisdictions. All but one of these (Maricopa County, Ariz.) are considered sanctuary jurisdictions because of local policies that prohibit full cooperation with ICE. In these jurisdictions, authorities are prohibited from honoring ICE detainers, which are notifications (accompanied by warrants of arrest) for the local agency to hold an alien for ICE, or to provide ICE with the date and time of the alien's release from local custody.
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