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“DHS should have to issue immigration detainers after any criminal or motor vehicle arrest when there is probable cause the person can be denied entry or deported, and DHS should get extra time to pick the person up after local release.”
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“State and local agencies should have to tell DHS a covered person’s scheduled release date and time as early as practical, and at least 48 hours before release unless that is impossible.”
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“When a person in the required-detention category is not already being held by another government agency, DHS should have to take the person into immigration custody quickly and effectively?”
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“Local agencies should be able to hold or transport people for federal immigration pickup, DHS should respond within 48 hours or ask for a hold or transfer, and local governments should be reimbursed for detention and transport costs.”
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“Federal immigration officers should have clear power to ask jails to hold people for pickup, with rules for proof, timing, and responsibility if someone is wrongly held.”
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“The federal government should be able to ask local jails to hold some people after release so immigration officers can pick them up.”
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“States, cities, counties, and other local governments should risk losing Community Development Block Grant eligibility if their policies stop officials from honoring lawful Department of Homeland Security immigration detainers or telling DHS when someone will be released.”
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“Local police and jails should be allowed to keep a non-citizen in custody for up to 48 extra hours after a DHS immigration detainer so federal immigration officers can take custody. Saturdays, Sundays, and holidays would not count toward the 48 hours.”
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“D.C. should not be able to stop its officials from following lawful DHS requests to hold a person in local custody for immigration enforcement or tell DHS when that person will be released, except for people covered by the crime victim or witness exception.”
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“D.C. should not be able to stop its agencies and officials from telling the Department of Homeland Security when a person in D.C. custody will be released, if DHS made a lawful request for that notice.”
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“DHS should have to issue an immigration detainer for every person in the new required-detention category, telling another agency that immigration officials seek custody or notice before release.”
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“DHS should usually take custody within 48 hours when state or local agencies ask, and state or local agencies should be able to temporarily hold or transport people, including after a prison sentence ends, so ICE can take custody.”
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