US EditionWisconsin Supreme Court to decide whether local jails can hold immigrants for ICE
The ACLU challenges county sheriffs holding immigrants for ICE detainers without judicial warrants, citing over 700 detainer requests in seven months violating Wisconsin law.
- On Wednesday, the Wisconsin Supreme Court agreed to take the American Civil Liberties Union case as an original action, with a majority voting to hear the lawsuit challenging local jail detainer practices.
- The ACLU says Wisconsin state law bars civil arrests in immigration enforcement, so detainers are unlawful and local jails cannot hold immigrants without judicial warrants, seeking to bar sheriffs who honor detainers.
- Data in the suit shows U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement sent more than 700 detainer requests in the first seven months of this year, and the lawsuit names sheriffs in Walworth, Brown, Marathon, Kenosha and Sauk counties who honor 48 hours of extra custody.
- Following the order, sheriffs' lawyers are reviewing next steps while Justice Brian Hagedorn wrote separately about process, with briefs due within two months and oral argument scheduled for early next year, a timeline that could lead to a mid-2026 ruling.
- The case lands amid national immigration crackdowns and local protests, feeding its political salience as GOP-controlled Wisconsin Legislature backs a proposed bill to withhold county funds likely vetoed by Gov. Tony Evers.
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The Wisconsin Supreme Court agreed to take a case filed by the U.S. Civil Liberties Union (UCLA) seeking to determine whether it is illegal for local prisons to detain migrants detained at the request of the Immigration and Customs Control Service (ICE) authorities.The complaint filed by the ACLUThe complaint cites as defendants five Wisconsin county bailiffs: Walworth, Brown, Kenosha, Sauk and Marathon.In the brief, the non-profit organization …
Wisconsin Supreme Court Takes Up Case Over County Sheriffs Honoring ICE Detainers
Wisconsin’s highest court is set to decide whether it is legal for local jails to hold detainees at the request of federal immigration authorities. On Dec. 3, a majority of justices on the Wisconsin Supreme Court voted to take up a lawsuit filed by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) on behalf of Voces de la Frontera, a Milwaukee-based immigrant rights group. They granted the ACLU’s request to hear the case as an original action, allowing …
Wisconsin Supreme Court to weigh sheriffs’ cooperation with ICE
Reading Time: 2 minutes The Wisconsin Supreme Court has agreed to hear a lawsuit challenging five Wisconsin sheriffs’ practices of holding detainees in their jail for handoffs to ICE. The ACLU filed the lawsuit in September on behalf of the immigrant rights group Voces de la Frontera. It names sheriff’s offices in Brown, Kenosha, Marathon, Sauk and Walworth counties as respondents. All five sheriffs’ offices honor ICE detainers — nonbinding re…
State Supreme Court accepts case challenging sheriffs who assist ICE
Wisconsin’s Supreme Court will take up a case that challenges the practice of holding people in local Wisconsin jails at the request of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. The American Civil Liberties Union of Wisconsin filed a petition in September on behalf of the immigrant rights group Voces de la Frontera. That petition argued that the issue was of statewide concern and said the lawsuit should be allowed to bypass lower courts. In an o…
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