Time
By Josh Sanburn
September 24, 2015
City reverts back to an earlier policy
Los
Angeles will once again let federal immigration agents into its jails
so they can potentially deport violent inmates who are in the U.S.
illegally and
about to be released.
The
county had previously banned federal agents from entering jails to
question illegal immigrants for potential deportation. But two murders
in California
this year in which illegal immigrants have been charged have shifted
the debate, especially the death of Kathryn Steinle, who was shot and
killed in San Francisco on July 1. The suspect, Juan Francisco
Lopez-Sanchez, a Mexican national, was in the U.S. illegally
and recently released from jail. That incident gained national
attention after Donald Trump, the leading GOP presidential candidate,
repeatedly brought it up on the campaign trail.
The
new policy is a move away from the protection illegal immigrants have
seen around the state thanks to the Trust Act of 2013, which safeguards
immigrant
inmates in California who have not committed violent crimes. A number
of cities in California have essentially denied Immigration and Customs
Enforcement agents access to inmates. According to Los Angeles County
Sheriff Jim McDonnell, the county’s new policy
will allow Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents to interview all
inmates about to be released.
For more information, go to: www.beverlyhillsimmigrationlaw.com
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