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Florida sheriffs strike a deal with ICE officials to allow local authorities to hold criminal illegal immigrants past the normal release time.
More than a dozen Florida sheriffs finalized an agreement with ICE on Wednesday, allowing them to detain illegal immigrants for up to two days after their scheduled release.
A U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Fugitive Operations team member arrests an Iranian immigrant in Santa Ana, California, U.S., May 11, 2017. (Photo/REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson)
This comes in response to a series of court rulings that argued holding illegal immigrants beyond their regular release time violates the Fourth Amendment.
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ICE agreed to reimburse Florida’s local authorities for housing the illegal immigrants for a longer period.
The agency said the deal will prevent criminal illegal immigrants from returning to the streets.
