THENATIONALPULSE (Pulse Wires) - ICE Presses Sanctuary Sheriffs to Hand Over Criminal Illegals or Face Prosecution.
Federal immigration officials are threatening legal action against sheriffs in Minneapolis and Chicago for not cooperating with ICE detainer requests.
Federal immigration officials are threatening legal action against sheriffs in Minneapolis and Chicago for not cooperating with ICE detainer requests. PULSE POINTS WHAT HAPPENED: Federal officials have warned two Democrat county sheriffs that they could face criminal charges for refusing to give immigration agents broad access to inmates subject to deportation, escalating the Trump administration’s campaign against so-called “sanctuary” jurisdictions DETAIL: Letters delivered in early July to Hennepin County, Minnesota , Sheriff Dawanna Witt and Cook County, Illinois, Sheriff Tom Dart stated that failing to transfer inmates requested by immigration authorities could result in federal witness tampering charges. The Justice…Open