A growing number of sheriffs and law enforcement officials across the U.S. are raising concerns about the legal risks of holding individuals on behalf of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) without a judicial warrant.
Under the Trump administration's aggressive deportation strategy, ICE has increasingly relied on local agencies to detain individuals suspected of being in the U.S. unlawfully. This is often done through a tool known as an ICE detainer — a request to hold a person for up to 48 hours after their scheduled release. However, detainers are administrative requests and not warrants signed by a judge.
