Sheriff Rich Stanek not happy that the feds are calling out Hennepin County
The Hennepin County Sheriff's Office will not keep people in its jail longer than it takes to process their cases. Though Immigration and Customs Enforcement may request that illegal immigrants be imprisoned 48 hours longer for possible deportation, past court rulings have found that practice unconstitutional.
But Donald Trump, in a January executive order, directed local law enforcement agencies to help the feds as much as possible in locating and deporting people who are in the country illegally. That includes honoring ICE's demands.
Which puts Hennepin Sheriff Rich Stanek in a bit of a pickle.
On Monday, the Department of Homeland Security published a report of law enforcement agencies that were noncompliant during the week of January 28-February 3. Guess who made the naughty list.
In response, Stanek and County Attorney Mike Freeman held a joint news conference Thursday to protest that Hennepin County does cooperate with ICE as far as the law allows them to.
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