Tag: Immigration Enforcement

Point of Law

Washington State Attorney General Sues Sheriff for Helping Immigration Enforcement

The lawsuit claims the Adams County Sheriff’s Office has illegally held people in custody based only on their immigration status, helped federal agents question people in custody, and given immigration officials confidential personal information.

March 11, 2025

Command

Riverside County Sheriff Expected to Run for California Governor

Sheriff Chad Bianco is expected to make an official announcement on his coming run Monday. Current Gov. Gavin Newsom cannot run again.

February 12, 2025

Command

Las Vegas Police Amend ICE Notification Policy to Match Laken Riley Act

Before Congress passed and President Donald Trump signed the new law this week, Metro’s policy was to alert ICE if an inmate was in custody for violent felonies, DUI, and domestic violence-related crimes, LVMPD Sheriff Kevin McMahill said.

February 3, 2025

Special Units

Gang Member Arrested in Immigration Raid was “Trying to Buy Grenades,” DHS Says

"He had just been a part of a gun weapons exchange and was trying to buy grenades," DHS Secretary Kristi Noem said. "Why would anybody in this country need to buy a grenade and go out and perpetuate violence?"

January 30, 2025

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Texas Sheriffs Sue Biden Administration Over Immigration Policy

The complaint alleges the decision by then-acting DHS Secretary David Pekoske on Jan. 20 temporarily paused deportations and enticed criminal immigrants to come into the U.S. without fear of reprisal.

July 5, 2021

Patrol

Democratic Senator Wants to End Police Cooperation with ICE

Sen. Cory Booker, D-N.J., is introduced new legislation Thursday to end partnerships between Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and local authorities to enforce federal immigration laws.

April 22, 2021

Patrol

ICE Detainer Not Honored in CA, Convicted Child Murderer Released

In 1998 Carlos Morales-Ramirez, now 44, was convicted of second-degree murder, assault on a child causing death, and great bodily injury to a child causing death

December 16, 2020

Patrol

Virginia Department Reinstates Officer Suspended for Assisting ICE

Following widespread public outcry, the chief of the Fairfax County (VA) Police Department reinstated an officer who he had suspended for detaining an undocumented immigrant so that an official from the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement could come and take him into custody.

October 3, 2019

Patrol

Virginia Department Suspends Officer for Assisting ICE

An officer with the Fairfax County (VA) Police Department has been suspended from duty because he assisted U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement in identifying and taking into custody an undocumented immigrant who was a fugitive after failing to appear for a deportation hearing.

October 2, 2019

Patrol

Sheriff: Man Accused of Shooting CA Deputy Was in U.S. Illegally

The man accused of shooting a Merced County, CA, sheriff's deputy was captured following a nearly hour-long high-speed chase. The sheriff said the man was in the country illegally and the agency had been unable to turn him over to ICE earlier this year because of politics.

September 10, 2019

Patrol

Shots Fired at Texas ICE Offices, Officials Blame Political Rhetoric

Christopher Combs, special agent in charge of the San Antonio FBI, said in a press conference later Tuesday that “an unknown number of individuals in an unknown number of vehicles” fired shots at the building and came close to hitting federal employees in the building.

August 14, 2019

Patrol

Capitol Police Arrest 70 at Immigration Protests at Senate Office Building

The United States Capitol Police arrested 70 people at a protest taking place at Russell Senate Office Building on Thursday.

July 19, 2019