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(NewsNation) — The Department of Justice is asking immoderate of California's astir populated counties to manus implicit accusation astir inmates successful the U.S. illegally.
Letters from U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi asked respective California sheriffs to stock the names of "all inmates successful their region jails who are not citizens of the United States, their crimes of apprehension oregon condemnation and their scheduled merchandise dates.”
The requests — which are to beryllium completed successful 30 days — went to "multiple large California counties," including Los Angeles and San Francisco counties.
If accusation isn't turned implicit successful the adjacent month, Bondi and the DOJ volition usage "all disposable means of obtaining” the database of names, whether done subpoenas oregon “other compulsory process," according to the letter.
“Removing transgression amerciable aliens is this Administration’s highest priority,” Bondi said successful a statement. “I look guardant to cooperating with California’s region sheriffs to execute our shared work of keeping Californians and each Americans harmless and secure.”
Bondi's inquire is apt to beryllium met with pushback from officials successful California, similar Gov. Gavin Newsom. The Golden State has aggregate jurisdictions with "sanctuary city" policies that bounds practice with national migration authorities.
Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass connected July 11 signed an enforcement order requesting details astir wherever "unlawful raids from national agencies" person happened astir the metropolis — including who was arrested oregon detained, and why.
Bass besides expanded entree to resources for families of those detained oregon deported arsenic good arsenic strengthening metropolis section grooming for aboriginal events.
In aboriginal June, demonstrators successful Los Angeles served arsenic the catalyst for nationwide protests against the Trump administration's migration and deportation enforcement, which galore critics person said crosses unprecedented moral and ineligible lines.
