The Brief
- The Hennepin County Board of Commissioners has passed a resolution that tells the Hennepin County Sheriff’s Office to not alter its policy regarding Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) operations.
- The board does not want the Sheriff’s Office to change the policy to “voluntarily increase cooperation with federal immigration enforcement.”
- The resolution also calls for the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension (BCA) to have an independent investigation into the Renee Good and Alex Pretti shootings.
MINNEAPOLIS (FOX 9) – The Hennepin County Board of Commissioners passed a resolution urging the Sheriff’s Office not to change its policy on Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) operations as the White House winds down Operation Metro Surge, citing new cooperation with local authorities.
Hennepin County ICE policy
What we know:
The board passed the resolution Thursday afternoon, stating they support the Hennepin County Sheriff’s Office’s current policy regarding cooperating with ICE, which is not honoring detainer requests from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS).
According to the resolution, the board is telling the sheriff to not make “substantive changes to the policy to voluntarily increase cooperation with federal immigration enforcement.”…