DHS/IMMIGRATION/LEGAL/SANCTUARY CITIES: “A group of nine state attorneys general, including California Atty. Gen. Xavier Becerra, filed a Freedom of Information Act request with the Department of Homeland Security on Thursday [6-29-17] seeking records that would clarify how the Trump administration is enforcing federal immigration law.
The request seeks the number of immigration detentions, deportations and detainer requests, and the rationale for each, as well as clarifying information on whether Trump is following through on comments that he will not target young people who were brought to the country illegally by their parents.
The attorneys general also want to know whether immigrants in the country illegally have been detained at schools, hospitals and places of worship, which the state officials feel should be off-limits for enforcement.
‘Mixed messages from the Trump Administration on immigration enforcement are sowing confusion and increasing anxiety among immigrants,’ Becerra said in a statement. ‘Today we ask the Administration to tell us what it is doing in this area.’
The data could be used in a barrage of legal challenges the states have filed against federal immigration policies.”
-Patrick McGreevy, “California joins other states asking the Trump administration for information on how it’s enforcing immigration law,” The Los Angeles Times online, June 29, 2017 10:39am