Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison (D) is attempting to stop local sheriff’s departments from turning criminal illegal aliens in their custody over to Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).
In a legal memo issued last month, Ellison told sheriffs across the state that they were not permitted to sign 287(g) agreements with ICE, claiming that only county boards of commissioners could do so.
On its webpage, ICE defines Section 287(g) of the Immigration and Nationality Act:
The Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 added Section 287(g) to the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA), authorizing U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to delegate state and local law enforcement officers the authority to perform specified immigration officer functions under ICE’s direction and oversight.
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