The Minnesota Department of Corrections is disputing a claim made by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement that the state is not honoring ICE arrest detainers, calling that "categorically false."
The Department of Homeland Security has repeatedly called on Gov. Tim Walz and the Minneapolis mayor to honor ICE arrest detainers, and on Thursday, ICE responded to Walz's request to "turn down the temperature" by demanding he and the state "honor our immigration detainers."
DHS retainer requests are ICE requests for local officials to hold noncitizens who are set to be released from local custody until federal immigration agents can come and arrest them.
The Minnesota Department of Corrections responded to DHS claims, saying it honors all federal detainers, including those from ICE. However, a number of sanctuary jurisdictions don't honor most ICE detainers or any at all. That is the case in cities like New York, states like California and counties like Hennepin County.
The corrections department vehemently disputed DHS claims that "1,360 aliens, including violent criminals, are in the state's custody" and that Minnesota "has released nearly 470 criminal illegal aliens back onto the streets of Minnesota since President Trump took office," calling such claims "unsupported by facts, and deeply irresponsible."
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