Sentences with phrase «enforcing federal immigration law»
Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler said in a letter to Sessions that Oregon state law dating back to 1987 prohibits state and local police from enforcing federal immigration law.
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Even if they did, we exist to protect every person in our city — not to enforce federal immigration laws.»
The sanctuary cities are claiming that this permits them to not have to enforce federal immigration law.
The state Assembly last year adopted a sanctuary state measure to prevent state and local law enforcement officers from making arrests based on immigration status and from enforcing federal immigration laws.
Your support for the deputizing of local law enforcement agencies to enforce federal immigration law by voting in support of the Drake Amendment to H.R. 2638; 2.
Section 287 (g) is a voluntary enrollment program that deputizes local law enforcement officers to enforce federal immigration law.
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Attorneys for Chicago asked a federal judge for a nationwide halt to Trump administration requirements that cities enforce tough immigration laws in order to receive some federal grants, staking out a leadership role for the nation's third largest city in the fight over so - called sanctuary cities.
Among other provisions, the county measure calls for county employees to not stop, question, interrogate or arrest individuals «solely for the purpose of enforcing immigration law»; to not perform the functions of a federal immigration officer; to honor detainer requests from federal agents only in specific limited situations; and to deny federal agents access to inmates in county custody.
Among other provisions, the measure calls for county employees to not stop, question, interrogate or arrest individuals «solely for the purpose of enforcing immigration law»; to not perform the functions of a federal immigration officer; to honor detainer requests from federal agents only in specific limited situations; and to deny federal agents access to inmates in county custody.
«I will fight to strengthen our immigration policy — I will ensure that our commonwealth will enforce the state law if the federal government will not.»
«I'm opposed to this act because it puts public safety at risk,» the county executive said, explaining the legislation would put the county at odds with the federal government, and would ultimately dub Westchester as a «sanctuary» county for undocumented immigrant; one that limits its cooperation with the national government's effort to enforce immigration law.
The Tenth Amendment of United States limits the federal government's ability to mandate that states take a particular action including in the area of federal immigration law enforcement investigations in order to enforce a federal statutory or regulatory scheme.
So the legal battle stems from the US federal government's right and responsibility to enact and enforce immigration law.