The US Justice Department is investigating the release of an immigrant living in the US illegally by an upstate New York sheriff's office, marking the first apparent use of a new policy to target state and local agencies that don't cooperate with federal immigration enforcement.
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Federal prosecutors said the Tompkins County Sheriff’s Office released him despite an outstanding federal arrest warrant on a charge of illegally reentering the US after a prior removal.“Yesterday, despite the warrant, a defendant with no legal status and a history of violence was released into the community,” Acting Deputy Attorney General Emil Bove said in a statement.
Bove last week issued a department-wide memo directing federal prosecutors to investigate state and local officials if they are “obstructing federal functions” related to immigration enforcement.
IMMIGRATION JUSTICE DEPARTMENT SANCTUARY CITIES CRIMINAL INVESTIGATIONS FEDERAL LAW ENFORCEMENT
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