New Milwaukee County sheriff says office will no longer share information with ICE

[yortsed snacilbuper]

The Milwaukee County Sheriff's Office has changed rapidly since it got a new sheriff, including a policy to stop the sharing of information with federal immigration agents that would help them determine whether inmates were eligible to be deported.

Sheriff Earnell Lucas said his decision to not provide information to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents unless a judge issues a warrant was meant to help regain trust in the immigrant community and avoid costly litigation.

"It's not politics. It's the right thing to do," Lucas said last week. "We don't want to place a chilling effect on any one community of not wanting to communicate with law enforcement."

After the announcement, ICE representatives said they would "continue to conduct at-large arrests in local neighborhoods and at work sites, which will inevitably result in additional collateral arrests."

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/new-milwaukee-county-sheriff-says-office-will-no-longer-share-information-with-ice/ar-BBUBnfC?ocid=spartanntp

[htuttle]

2. There's a new Sheriff in town

[dixiegrrrrl]

3. Hope this is the beginig of many such decisions. n/t

[Poiuyt]

4. Loony predecessor will not be happy

[sarcasmo]

7. Adios sheriff fake medals.

[pansypoo53219]

5. strangely we have lots of hispanics here. even i worked w/ 2 puerto ricans in a small

shop. more taco trucks.

[barbtries]

6. Here in Durham NC,

when the new sheriff came to town with that policy, ICE started picking up people right and left. They'll show those sheriffs to give a shit.