Maricopa County Sheriff's Office: No more 'courtesy holds' for federal immigration ag

Maricopa County Sheriff's Office: No more 'courtesy holds' for federal immigration agents

Megan Cassidy , The Republic | azcentral.com 7:47 p.m. MT Feb. 17, 2017

The Maricopa County Sheriff's Office will stop doing courtesy holds of illegal immigrants in its jails for the U.S. Immigration and Customs and Immigration Enforcement, the Sheriff's Office said late Friday.

Officials with the Sheriff's Office said that, based on legal advice from the Maricopa County attorney, the Sheriff's Office no longer will hold undocumented immigrants longer than they would have been held if they were a legal resident.

ICE agents already are based in the county jails and identify inmates' immigration status. Penzone said he alerted ICE officials to the new policy earlier Friday.

http://www.azcentral.com/story/news/...-ice/98072980/

ICE need more agents and new the Maricopa County Sheriff isn't Joe Arpaio...That's for sure.

Happy now, Phoenix? Feeling safe with your new Sheriff? Who has your backs now that you threw Sheriff Joe to the wind?