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Judge says federal court can’t rule on challenge to Orleans sheriff’s ‘sanctuary’ policy
The federal judge ruled that Louisiana’s new anti-sanctuary law raises state-law issues, delaying enforcement of the sheriff’s policy against ICE detainer compliance.
- On Wednesday , U.S. Magistrate Judge Janis van Meerveld temporarily halted Louisiana's legal challenge to the Orleans Parish Sheriff's Office immigration policy.
- The OPSO policy traces to a 2013 settlement in the Mario Cacho and Antonio Ocampo civil-rights case tied to former Orleans sheriff Marlin Gusman, while Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill challenges it under Act 314 .
- On Thursday, the state informed the court it planned to appeal to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit, and as of Friday, it was unclear when the Louisiana Supreme Court would take up the case.
- Murrill seeks a federal court order to dissolve the policy, which remains in place while courts consider the challenge, potentially forcing Orleans Justice Center deputies to assist ICE.
- Many local agencies in Louisiana have fallen in line with the state's position, and New Orleans officials recently revoked a decade-old New Orleans Police Department policy after last year's consent-decree dissolution.
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Judge says federal court can’t rule on challenge to Orleans sheriff’s ‘sanctuary’ policy
A federal judge last week temporarily halted the state of Louisiana’s legal challenge to the Orleans Parish Sheriff’s Office’s longstanding immigration policy, which prohibits jail staff from honoring federal immigration detainer requests to hold local arrestees suspected of being in the country ill
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