Federal judge stops I.C.E. from issuing ‘detainers’
Federal judge stops immigration authorities from issuing ‘detainers’
By Melissa Sanchez | 7 hours ago
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A federal judge has ordered immigration authorities to stop issuing so-called "detainers" asking local law enforcement agencies to hold immigrants in custody for an additional 48 hours. The ruling would apply to Illinois and five neighboring states. (File photo from a November 2013 immigration rally in downtown Chicago.)
A federal judge in Chicago has ordered immigration authorities in Illinois and five neighboring states to stop asking local law enforcement agencies to detain suspects who may be in the country illegally.
The order, signed Friday by U.S. District Judge John Z. Lee, would void thousands of so-called “detainers” sent annually to state, county and municipal jail and police officials requesting that they keep suspects in custody for 48 hours after their local cases play out—giving immigration agents time to pick them up. Detainers are one of the major tools used by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to identify individuals to deport in the interior of the country.
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