The request could be problematic since San Francisco is a sanctuary city which means it doesn’t cooperate with ICE.
The U.S. Department of Justice is requesting for San Francisco’s Sheriff Paul Miyamoto to release information on all people being held in county jails who are not citizens.
The request could be problematic since San Francisco is a sanctuary city which means it doesn’t cooperate with ICE.
“The letter requested information on any non-citizens that are in our custody. That have criminal charges or convictions and as well if they do have it their date or release,” said SF Sheriff Paul Miyamoto.
In a press release, the U.S Department of Justice requested counties like San Francisco to hand over information to “assist federal immigration authorities in prioritizing the removal of illegal aliens who committed crimes.”
The request goes on to say that The Department of Justice hopes California sheriffs will voluntarily produce this information, but if necessary “the Department will pursue all available means of obtaining the data, including through subpoenas or other compulsory process.”
Luz Pena: "Does this letter change anything?
Sheriff Miyamoto: “I think, and I can’t speak for the U.S. Attorney General, but it is an attempt to work with us and focusing on individuals with criminal histories as part of their enforcement efforts.”
A letter many heard about as U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi recently visited San Francisco’s Alcatraz, where the administration has announced plans to reopen it as a federal prison.
“This is a threat from the White House. This has been the trend that the immigrant legal resource center has been observing, and I think this kind of threat is in response to local policies,” said Sarah Lee, Immigrant Legal Resource Center Senior Community Organize.
“Sanctuary cities have an absolute right to just say ‘no’ to request from the federal government with regard with immigrant enforcement because that is a federal responsibility, not a local or state one,” said Chan.
Just make them have to go to the courts for everything. Same thing they’re doing. Put them in jail and make them sue to get out.
even better, make FAKE names.
“They already have access to it and that is what we are planning on doing. For the listing, we are literally going to give them a list of individuals who we received detainer holds on in the first place. ICE actually gives us that information because we don’t track people’s immigration status,” said Sheriff Miyamoto.
So essentially the DOJ request has no effect whatsoever. It’d be like if the IRS sent you a request to tell them how much you owe on taxes. They already know.
It’s definitely an intimidation/threat/reminder of we’re watching you, and a publicity stunt to try to make it look like the DOJ is being proactive and forcing local sheriffs to hand over “dangerous” immigrants to avoid “catch and release.”
If the federal government already has a warrant for somebody, they can remove them from the sheriff’s custody. That has always been the case. If a sheriff “suspects” or finds out in the process of booking someone that they are an immigrant, they are not obligated to alert DHS bc immigration status is unrelated to the reason for detainment. (Except now there are local law enforcement agencies who are voluntarily cooperating with ICE).
What the DOJ really wants though, is for the sheriff’s office to stop giving people due process after being detained. Which is really scary as fuck when you combine that with all the real time tracking/surveillance/data collection of the federal government lately.
Say the government already has you on a list for some reason before you’re ever arrested. Maybe your face was caught in a picture of a crowd at a protest, or maybe due to a facial recognition error, you’re misidentified in a scan of drivers license databases and flagged as somebody else who committed a crime. Since you’re already on that pre-existing list of people to hand over, DHS doesn’t want to wait around for you to get a fair trial or go through the normal process.
This is all being presented to the public as pertaining to “immigration,” but thanks to the patriot act, there’s a lot of excuses Homeland security can use to claim somebody is an immediate risk to domestic security. In those “emergency situations,” your rights and individual liberty come second to protecting the country at all costs, no matter your citizenship. The language used in Trump’s EOs released on April 28th targeting sanctuary jurisdictions and giving law enforcement greater power to “protect innocent civilians” repeatedly implies that sanctuary cities have been “invaded” by hostile foreign nations and are a threat to domestic security.
The resulting public safety and national security risks are exacerbated by the presence of, and control of territory by, international cartels and other transnational criminal organizations along the southern border, as well as terrorists and other malign actors who intend to harm the United States and the American people.
You just described doing your taxes. There is 0 reason they don’t just send a bill or a check.
They are demanding the same prisoner information from LA county.
cascadia secede
