Lawmakers send bill mandating ICE cooperation to governor

New bill seeks to prohibit police stops based on immigration status

Why Should Delaware Care?As deportation efforts rise under the Trump administration, Delaware state lawmakers are now proposing to bolster protections for undocumented residents. While that could give greater assurance to the undocumented, it could also raise the threat of retaliation from the federal government.Lawmakers are set to consider a pair of bills Wednesday that would bar Delaware law enforcement officers from making arrests based on i…

State bills would require community cooperation with ICE

PHOENIX — Republican lawmakers are enacting two measures on what they call border security legislation that some Democrats contend amount to "conscripting" local police to enforce federal immigration laws.

GOP lawmakers are building school-to-deportation pipelines with the ‘Arizona ICE Act’

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Homeland Security Investigations officers execute criminal search warrants and arrest more than 100 employees on federal immigration violations at a trailer manufacturing business in Sumner in 2018. Photo by U.S. Immigration and Customs EnforcementIn the name of public safety, Arizona lawmakers, led by Republican Senate President Warren Petersen, want to force police departments to hold undocumented cri…

Tough immigration bill requires local officials to support federal efforts

The Senate approved a bill on April 9 that would mandate the governor, attorney general, cities and towns to support the enforcement of federal immigration laws. House Bill 2099 is one of a series of measures introduced this session that calls for state officials, municipalities and law enforcement agencies to support the federal government’s deportation efforts. State Republicans have proposed the legislation in response to President Donald Tru…

GOP lawmakers move to force police in Arizona to enforce US immigration laws

Republican lawmakers are enacting two border security measures that some Democrats contend amount to "conscripting'' local police to enforce federal immigration laws.

Alina Habba, who holds an interim position as a district attorney in New Jersey, announced Thursday that she will investigate New Jersey Democratic Governor Phil Murphy for ordering his Administration not to cooperate with ICE. Read more]]>