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<blockquote data-quote="BrownArmy" data-source="post: 2760852" data-attributes="member: 18225">State&#039;s Highest Court Considers Constitutionality Of Some Immigration Detainers...<a href="http://www.wbur.org/radioboston/2017/04/04/sjc-immigration-detainers" target="_blank">&#039;Can local law enforcement agencies detain someone at the request of federal immigration authorities, or is that in violation of the Massachusetts state constitution?</a><a href="http://www.wbur.org/radioboston/2017/04/04/sjc-immigration-detainers" target="_blank"></a><a href="http://www.wbur.org/radioboston/2017/04/04/sjc-immigration-detainers" target="_blank">That was the question before the state&#039;s highest court on Monday in the case of Commonwealth v. Lunn — a Cambodian national who was detained by state court officers at the request of federal immigration officials, even though Lunn&#039;s state criminal case had been dismissed..&#039;</a>&quot;At its core, this case is about how much authority local police and local courts have when it comes to honoring what are called ICE detainers.So, an ICE detainer is a voluntary request from the federal government to hold a person in custody whose criminal case has been settled, meaning the charges have been dismissed, they&#039;ve posted bail, or their jail sentence has been completed. And so, a detainer gives ICE up to two days to look into a person&#039;s immigration status and potentially pursue deportation ... while that person remains in custody.And this is what&#039;s at question — are local law enforcement and courts constitutionally allowed to detain someone who otherwise is free to go — based solely on this request from ICE.&quot;</blockquote>

[QUOTE="BrownArmy, post: 2760852, member: 18225"] [SIZE=4][B]State's Highest Court Considers Constitutionality Of Some Immigration Detainers...[/B][/SIZE] [URL='http://www.wbur.org/radioboston/2017/04/04/sjc-immigration-detainers'][I]'Can local law enforcement agencies detain someone at the request of federal immigration authorities, or is that in violation of the Massachusetts state constitution?[/I] [I]That was the question before the state's highest court on Monday in the case of Commonwealth v. Lunn — a Cambodian national who was detained by state court officers at the request of federal immigration officials, even though Lunn's state criminal case had been dismissed..'[/I][/URL] [I] [/I] "At its core, this case is about how much authority local police and local courts have when it comes to honoring what are called ICE detainers. So, an ICE detainer is a voluntary request from the federal government to hold a person in custody whose criminal case has been settled, meaning the charges have been dismissed, they've posted bail, or their jail sentence has been completed. And so, a detainer gives ICE up to two days to look into a person's immigration status and potentially pursue deportation ... while that person remains in custody. And this is what's at question — are local law enforcement and courts constitutionally allowed to detain someone who otherwise is free to go — based solely on this request from ICE." [I][/I] [/QUOTE]

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