{"id":15578,"date":"2025-03-01T19:06:16","date_gmt":"2025-03-01T20:06:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/?p=15578"},"modified":"2025-03-01T20:57:47","modified_gmt":"2025-03-01T20:57:47","slug":"national-sheriffs-association-says-about-700000-ice-arrest-warrants-nationwide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/?p=15578","title":{"rendered":"National Sheriffs Association Says About 700,000 ICE Arrest Warrants Nationwide"},"content":{"rendered":"

This post originally appeared at https:\/\/www.wisconsinrightnow.com\/watch-national-group-says-about-700000-ice-arrest-warrants-nationwide\/<\/a><\/p>\n

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State and local law enforcement are being put in harm’s way with Illinois\u2019 migrant sanctuary policies, the Illinois Sheriffs Association says.<\/p>\n

Association Executive Director Jim Kaitschuk said the National Sheriffs Association put out a note to their state partners that there are 700,000 Immigration and Customs Enforcement administrative arrest warrants that are active. But, that doesn\u2019t matter in Illinois.<\/p>\n

\u201cIllinois law enforcement is precluded and prohibited from participating in any activity that is solely related to civil enforcement,\u201d Kaitschuk told The Center Square.<\/p>\n

Illinois law, through the TRUST Act and The Way Forward Act, prohibits state and local law enforcement from cooperating with federal immigration officials if a civil detention order is the only thing ICE has against someone.<\/p>\n

While Kaitschuk said they can cooperate when there are criminal orders, law enforcement not being able to cooperate with civil warrants can still cause security concerns.<\/p>\n

\u201cUnfortunately things do go wrong, right, and then we\u2019re in a situation where you may not know anything about what\u2019s occurring,\u201d Kaitschuk said. \u201cSo, we\u2019re kind of blind in those cases.\u201d<\/p>\n

Daily immigration arrests nationwide haven\u2019t been comprehensively published, but some estimates are more than 21,000 immigration detentions across the country since Jan. 20, when President Donald Trump took office.<\/p>\n

Last week, state Sen. Omar Aquino, D-Chicago, told a group of immigration advocates that Illinois will stand strong.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou are not going to come into our house and just try to take people and separate families in this state,\u201d Aquino said. \u201cPeople have rights. They are human rights.\u201d<\/p>\n

Illinois law also limits ICE from using local county detention facilities. Kaitschuk said the state\u2019s sanctuary policies prohibit police from even knowing whether they have a suspected illegal immigrant in their jail.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd [ICE] they\u2019re having to go to people\u2019s houses and at the point in time, the problem then is that you may be subjecting people then that weren\u2019t involved in any other criminal activity other than being here \u2026 not legally and open them up to being subjected to ICE at that point in time in that residence, as opposed to if they were at the jail, where they wouldn\u2019t have been,\u201d Kaitschuk said.<\/p>\n

Illinois and Chicago officials are on the other side of the U.S. Department of Justice in litigation over migrant sanctuary policies. Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson is due in front of the U.S. House Oversight Committee Wednesday to discuss the city\u2019s migrant sanctuary policies.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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