US EditionFlorida Cooperation with Immigration Enforcement Sparks Fears People Will Disappear Into Jails
- Florida law enforcement agencies' collaboration with federal immigration officials has raised concerns about immigrants disappearing into jail systems.
- Immigration and Customs Enforcement has designated all records created under the cooperation agreement as federal, which may restrict public access to information on detainees.
- Local elected officials faced threats from the state attorney general for initially resisting cooperation agreements with Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
- Ericka Gómez-Tejeda from Hope Community Center stated that local officials claimed federal records fall outside state open records laws.
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‘Felt hopeless': Virginia family frightened by armed bondsman making late night immigration arrest
An Arlington County family feared for their lives, they say, when a man in plain clothes knocked on their door late at night to make an immigration arrest. The man didn’t identify himself and pulled out a gun during the incident, the family says. Their relative has since been deported. The family was about to go to bed June 11...
Letters to the Editor: Legality matters less and less in increasingly aggressive immigration enforcement
'In the current climate, if someone in authority decides that they want your housekeeper or gardener or you out of the country, they'll find a way to do it,' writes an L.A. Times reader.
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Florida cooperation with immigration enforcement sparks fears people will disappear into jails
Florida law enforcement agencies' cooperation with federal immigration officials is causing concerns among family members and immigrants' rights advocates that people will disappear into county jail systems.
While Florida law enforcement agencies work with federal immigration authorities, family members and immigrant rights advocates fear that people will disappear into county jail systems, despite extensive state public record laws.
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