Minnesota DOC Head: Sheriffs Have Hard Time Working with DHS Because They Won’t Get Judicial Orders

On Friday’s broadcast of NPR’s “All Things Considered,” Minnesota Department of Corrections Commissioner Paul Schnell discussed cooperation between local sheriffs and immigration officials and said that “having judicial orders or detainers or holds that are signed by a judge would address this issue. But, to date, we have not seen a willingness on the part of DHS to pursue those.”

Co-host Juana Summers asked, [relevant exchange begins around 2:50] “I do want to ask you about something that Tom Homan said yesterday. He’s, of course, the federal Border Czar newly in charge of operations here. He said that a drawdown of operations here in the state of Minnesota will only happen with the cooperation of local officials. And one thing that he specifically honed in on was