Sanctuary cities now must give immigration authorities access to jails and provide notice when undocumented immigrants are to be releasedThe justice department escalated its promised crackdown on so-called sanctuary cities on Tuesday,saying it will no longer award coveted grant money to cities unless they give federal immigration authorities access to jails and provide advance notice when someone in the country illegally is approximately to be released.
Under musty rules, cities seeking grant money needed only to show they were not preventing local law enforcement from communicating with federal authorities approximately the immigration status of people they have detained. Related: Washington considers banning mention of immigration status in criminal cases Related: US federal judge blocks potential deportation of more than 1400 Iraqis Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com