Do red state jails and prisons respect ICE detainers at higher rates than blue states? Is this simply a situation where ICE does the laziest thing possible to meet an imposed quota?
if you read the article it talks about this, but it doesn’t make sense - the workplace detentions in blue states are often of people with no criminal record, so it seems more targeted.
Maybe ICE is being lazy in red states and just picking up those who land in jails and prisons, but the Trump admin seem to be punitive of sanctuary cities by targeting workplaces in particular:
But advocates for immigrant rights say the community arrests – from raids at factories and restaurants to surprise detentions at ICE check-ins – are punitive measures aimed at instilling fear in blue states and cities.
The aggressive tactics reflect “a deliberate federal strategy to punish Massachusetts and other immigrant-friendly states for standing up against Trump’s reckless deportation machine,” argued Iván Espinoza-Madrigal, the executive director of Lawyers for Civil Rights, a Boston-based nonprofit that represents immigrants in court.
Do red state jails and prisons respect ICE detainers at higher rates than blue states? Is this simply a situation where ICE does the laziest thing possible to meet an imposed quota?
if you read the article it talks about this, but it doesn’t make sense - the workplace detentions in blue states are often of people with no criminal record, so it seems more targeted.
Maybe ICE is being lazy in red states and just picking up those who land in jails and prisons, but the Trump admin seem to be punitive of sanctuary cities by targeting workplaces in particular: