No masks in courthouses: Memo sheds little detail on Lehigh County policies for ICE agents

ALLENTOWN, Pa. — A memo released by Lehigh County commissioners sheds few new details on the county’s policies regarding ICE operations at county courthouses.

However, the memo notes that while county officials will not cooperate with Immigration and Customs Enforcement at most of its facilities unless a judicial warrant is presented, those standards do not apply at Lehigh County Courthouse and the Historic Lehigh County Courthouse.

The memo was released Wednesday after angry residents and immigration advocates accused commissioners last month of allowing ICE to “kidnap” people inside and around the courthouse…

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