{"id":12118,"date":"2016-02-26T14:18:21","date_gmt":"2016-02-26T19:18:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/live-immigrationreform.pantheonsite.io\/?p=12118"},"modified":"2018-12-28T13:40:50","modified_gmt":"2018-12-28T18:40:50","slug":"obama-administrations-tentative-pledge-to-clamp-down-on-sanctuary-cities-hampered-by-fatal-flaw","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.immigrationreform.com\/2016\/02\/26\/obama-administrations-tentative-pledge-to-clamp-down-on-sanctuary-cities-hampered-by-fatal-flaw\/","title":{"rendered":"Obama Administration\u2019s Tentative Pledge to Clamp Down on Sanctuary Cities Hampered By Fatal Flaw"},"content":{"rendered":"
<\/a>Attorney General Loretta Lynch stunned Congress on Wednesday when she declared that Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is proposing to take a new, more active role detaining illegal aliens who have been arrested for crimes<\/a>.<\/p>\n The move seems to target the more than 300 state and local jurisdictions that give sanctuary<\/a> to illegal alien criminals<\/a> and refuse to cooperate with federal authorities. ICE will now be able to intervene in individual cases and deport suspected wrongdoers even before some state cases are tried.<\/p>\n \u201cParticularly where we\u2019re dealing with a jurisdiction that is not prone to honoring ICE detainers\u2026our policy is going to be that ICE will instead have the first detainer and that individual will go into ICE custody and deportation,\u201d Lynch told the\u00a0House Appropriations Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies during a budget hearing.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n In a letter from the Office of Legislative Affairs at the Department of Justice to John A. Culberson, chairman of the subcommittee, the department stated that it would \u201cpotentially seek criminal or civil enforcement options\u201d against any entity that receives federal funds to defray the costs of detaining illegal aliens and refuses to cooperate with ICE.<\/p>\n Riddled with tentative language, it also stated that Justice is \u201cactively considering ways in which we may most effectively carry out our public safety mission as it regards to enforcing the nation\u2019s criminal and immigration laws.\u201d<\/p>\n