American Civil Liberties Union of Pennsylvania has requested its lawsuit against Bucks County Sheriff Fred Harran’s ICE 287(g) partnership be moved back to state court.
The suit, filed on June 6 in the Court of Common Pleas of Bucks County, requested an injunction against Sheriff Harran’s “task force model” agreement with ICE, arguing it is unlawful because both the Pennsylvania Constitution and the Pennsylvania Intergovernmental Cooperation Cooperation Act dictates that any agreement must first get the approval of the Bucks County Commissioners.
However, Harran and his lawyers responded on June 10 by filing an Amended Notice of Removal to move the case to the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, arguing it’s “a federal question and therefore the proper jurisdiction is the federal court.”…