Posted on 03/29/2018 7:00:02 AM PDT by jazusamo
California officials issued new guidance Wednesday making clear state and local police can — and should — share information about illegal immigrants with the federal Homeland Security Department, in what amounts to a major exception to the state’s new sanctuary laws.
Police and sheriff’s departments are still banned from asking about someone’s immigration status and cannot hold illegal immigrants at the request of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. But in instances where they do have information on legal status they are required to share it, as required by federal law, the new guidance says.
“This provision does not prohibit inquiries into an individual’s immigration status to immigration authorities, or exchanging immigration status information with any other federal, state, or local government entity,” Kevin Gardner, the chief of the state Department of Justice’s law enforcement division, wrote in two new memos.
The new guidance also seems to give Orange County the go-ahead for its new policy, where the sheriff is now posting the release dates of all of its jail inmates online. Since the information is publicly available, Orange County can also flag it for ICE, analysts said.
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtontimes.com ...
Just two days ago Becerra was threatening to arrest the OC Sheriff for doing what he now says it’s ok to do.
California blinks...
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The prospect of spending time in jail after being brought up on Federal charges has a way of clearing out the cobwebs.
Yep, I love it.
He and Brown realize they went way too far and know they’ll probably lose the majority of the issues in the Fed lawsuit.
That’s mighty white of them to allow the cops to almost do what they swore an oath to do.
Yep. Sometimes it’s best not to insist on digging fighting holes within the range of your adversary’s artillery.
Off the Wall Ping!
Contact to be added.
Was thinking the same thing. Someone blinked, at it wasn't the Orange County Sheriff!
It will be very interesting to see how many electoral votes and Congressional districts California should have, when representation is based entirely on the number of legal US citizens.
why DHS?
WHY not ICE?
why DHS?
WHY not ICE?
NEVER MIND - READ IT WRONG
Amen...The Rats are going to fight it until the last dog is dead, it’ll provide a path to bring sunlight to the illegal alien voting issue.
Typical Democrat Party.
Even their own laws they treat as mere suggestions.
They looked at the polls. Idiots.
“California blinks...”
NO! Jerry “If it’s Brown, Flush it” Brown, and his Mexican turd AG are somewhere crapping themselves. I just hope that at the end of the day Trump squashes these two feckless Commies. Personally, I would way, way more like to see Brown go to jail than Hillary, because he, his POS father, and his former Chief of Staff, Gray Davis, have collectively “governed” California for more than 30 EFFING YEARS. Talk about the Kim “family” in North Korea!
ICE is part of Homeland Security. So in effect California has said it is okay to report illegals to ICE but only if you go through Homeland Security.
Shows how stupid Jerry Brown and friends are.
“why DHS?
WHY not ICE?”
ICE of part of DHS.
Here are the components of the Department of Homeland Security:
- U.S. Customs and Border Protection
- Federal Emergency Management Agency
- Federal Law Enforcement Training Center
- U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement
- U.S. Secret Service
- Transportation Security Administration
- U.S. Coast Guard
- U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services
Exactly...I think they said DHS instead of ICE to make it sound like they weren’t completely throwing in the towel, less embarrassing.
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