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Sanctuary Policies Keep Prisoners in Local Jails Away From ICE
Stateline’s analysis found the lowest jail arrest rates in states with strict non-cooperation rules, while cooperative states saw the highest rates.
- A new Stateline analysis finds sanctuary policies reduce ICE arrests in local jails, though the Trump administration's strategy targeting sanctuary states for street enforcement yielded uneven results through March 10.
- Last year, border czar Tom Homan vowed to "flood the zone" with extra street enforcement in sanctuary cities, saying states without such policies, including Florida, would receive different treatment.
- Street operations often targeted individuals without criminal records; 81% of Washington, D.C. street arrests involved only immigration-related offenses, with similar shares in 14 other states with statewide sanctuary policies.
- Cooperative states also saw high rates of street arrests; seven of the 10 states with the highest street arrest rates as a share of noncitizens maintained cooperative policies.
- Despite these efforts, the administration has struggled to increase arrest numbers nationwide, said criminologist Jacob Kang-Brown, noting the data does not reflect higher arrest waves observed in recent months.
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As more states seek ways to limit immigration enforcement, a Stateline analysis shows one tactic has had an effect: making it more difficult for local law enforcement to hand over people they are holding in city or county jails to…
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