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NEW: DHS has signed agreements with multiple jurisdictions that appear to be an unusual effort to hamstring the incoming Biden administration’s goals to alter immigration policy.
They would require DHS to check in with the locals before going forward. https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/hamedaleaziz/dhs-states-agreements-biden
They would require DHS to check in with the locals before going forward. https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/hamedaleaziz/dhs-states-agreements-biden
The agreements would require the DHS to not only provide notice of immigration policy changes, but allow the jurisdictions six months to review and submit comments before the agency moves forward with any of the proposed changes, according to documents obtained by BuzzFeed News.
Ken Cuccinelli, the acting second in command at DHS, signed the so-called Sanctuary For Americans First Enactment Agreement (SAFE) with the state of Arizona, Louisiana, Indiana, the Rockingham County Sheriff’s Office in North Carolina, this month.
DHS commits to consult the localities "before taking any action, adopting or modifying a policy or procedure, or making any decision that could” reduce or relax immigration enforcement, decrease the number of ICE agents performing enforcement within the jurisdiction’s area...
DHS is required to provide the local jurisdictions with 180 days of written notice of “the proposed action and an opportunity to consult and comment on the proposed action, before taking any such action” listed above.
“In its final days, the Trump administration is staying true to its strategy of trying anything and everything to implement its restrictive immigration agenda and give it staying power after their time in office,” said @SarahPierceEsq.
Lt. Kevin Suthard, a spokesman for the Rockingham County Sheriff’s Office, said that the sheriff signed the agreement late last year.
“It’s not political, it’s about public safety."
“It’s not political, it’s about public safety."
Pratheepan Gulasekaram, an immigration law professor, said the agreement appears to be an attempt by the Trump administration to create a mechanism for the states to potentially sue in federal court over any policies that are changed or introduced by Biden.
. @ACLU weighs on these agreements:
“This is a transparent attempt by Trump officials to tie the Biden-Harris administration’s hands and preserve Trump's grotesque immigration enforcement policy."
“This is a transparent attempt by Trump officials to tie the Biden-Harris administration’s hands and preserve Trump's grotesque immigration enforcement policy."
