Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin said Tuesday the Trump administration is developing plans to withdraw federal customs and immigration officers from major international airports in sanctuary cities, a move that could effectively halt international air travel at some of the busiest airports in the country.
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton sent a letter to Dallas County Sheriff Marian Brown, demanding that she enter an agreement with ICE to enforce federal immigration policy.
The Justice Department sued the state of Connecticut and the city of New Haven on Monday over sanctuary policies that federal officials say have allowed criminal illegal immigrants to evade federal deportation for years.
Republican Sen. Rick Scott introduced two bills Wednesday that would strip federal funding from sanctuary cities and states that refuse to cooperate with Immigration and Customs Enforcement, targeting jurisdictions that have blocked federal agents from deporting criminal illegal immigrants.
The Department of Justice (DOJ) has dropped its appeal of a decision that prevented the federal government from cutting off transportation funding to sanctuary states.
The Department of Justice is going after Minnesota's sanctuary policies in a new lawsuit, arguing that the state is defying federal law and undermining law enforcement.
Wealthy homeowners in Los Angeles are turning to a new app, Patrol, to secure their properties with private protection. The service allows users to hire off-duty police officers to stand watch at their homes, offering what’s being dubbed the “Uber for security.” The app is currently available in elite neighborhoods like Brentwood, Beverly Hills, Bel Air, Holmby Hills, and Malibu.
In a major shift, the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department has resumed transferring illegal immigrant inmates to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), despite years of adherence to sanctuary policies that previously blocked such cooperation. The move marks the first time in years that LA County has handed over inmates to ICE, with transfers occurring in both May and June of this year.
