US EditionICE arrests 103 in Nashville traffic stops, mayor raises questions
- Last month, President Donald Trump asked top officials, including Florida’s attorney general Pam Bondi and South Dakota’s homeland security chief Kristi Noem, to provide a list of sanctuary cities, warning that these cities could face cuts to their federal funding.
- This followed a February memo promising to withhold funds from jurisdictions that unlawfully impede federal immigration enforcement, prompting multiple cities and counties to sue.
- Sheriffs, who typically manage local jails, face varying state laws that either restrict or require cooperation with ICE detainers, complicating their role in federal deportation efforts.
- Muzaffar Chishti of the Migration Policy Institute said ICE makes about 600 arrests daily, double the Biden rate, estimating the administration may deport up to half a million people this year.
- A federal judge ruled in April that funding cannot be cut based on sanctuary status, maintaining an injunction that limits the administration’s ability to coerce local jurisdictions.
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