Sentences with phrase «despite federal requests»

He cited cases in Oregon and California in which illegal immigrants were charged with committing violent crimes after being arrested for relatively minor offenses by local police and then released, despite federal requests to keep them in custody.

Garcia Zarate, a 45 - year - old Mexican citizen who was released from County Jail before the killing despite a federal request that he be held for his sixth deportation, was convicted of a single lesser charge of being a felon in possession of a gun.

When city prosecutors discharged the case, the Sheriff's Department released Garcia Zarate despite a federal request to hold him for deportation.

Not exact matches

Despite that reversal, UPS maintains that its denial of Young's light duty request was lawful at the time and that its policy change is voluntary and not required by the Pregnancy Discrimination Act.The Chamber of Commerce filed an amicus brief supporting UPS, calling attention to companies that offer pregnant employees «more than what federal law compels them to provide.»

Local elected leaders say they aren't giving up their fight against helicopter noise despite the Federal Aviation Administration's decision to reject Southold Town's petition requesting that the controversial North Shore route be reconsidered.

[105] Alaska's federal congressional representatives cut back on pork - barrel project requests during Palin's time as governor; despite this, in 2008 Alaska was still the largest per - capita recipient of federal earmarks, requesting nearly $ 750 million in special federal spending over a period of two years.

Despite the study's results, the EPA has stood fast in its decision to reject California's emissions waiver request; presumably they expect the lax federal standards to help resolve L.A.'s smog woes.

At the time of Katrina they were overdue for upgrades and money had been cut at the federal level for about five consecutive years, despite the Corps requesting increased funding for the area each one of those five years.

Despite multiple requests from the public, elected officials, and numerous impacted towns and counties, the Hogan Administration continues to rely on Trump - appointed regulators at the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission and the Army Corps of Engineers to review potential impacts from the fracked - gas pipeline project.

«Additionally, we have not seen the federal copyrights of any of the alleged copyright violations despite our requests for those MLSs to» provide them.