D.C. shares information about immigrant arrests with ICE. One D.C. lawmaker wants to change that.
By Marissa J. Lang
Oct. 4, 2019 at 11:20 a.m. PDT
A D.C. Council member has drafted legislation that would put an immediate stop to nearly all cooperation between the District’s jails and federal immigration enforcement.
Despite the District’s status as a “sanctuary city,†D.C. Council member Charles Allen (D-Ward 6) said, the D.C. Department of Corrections has routinely given U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents information about people in its custody — including when and where they would be released.
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