The Justice Department says it won't give cities some law enforcement grant money unless
they give federal immigration authorities access to jails and alert them when someone facing deportation will be released from local custody.
Not exact matches
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters)- U.S.
immigration authorities have detained a 23 - year - old Mexican man who was brought to the United States illegally as a child and
given a work permit during the Obama administration, according to a lawsuit challenging the detention in Seattle
federal court.
Furthermore, states can't
give their police the
authority to arrest immigrants without warrant for being removable, because that's
giving them more power than
federal immigration officers (who normally need a warrant), and undermines the fact that Congress normally requires a warrant before making those arrests (increasing
federal discretion).