BLOOMINGTON, Ind. — In a new federal lawsuit, Monroe County Sheriff Ruben Marté is asking a judge to stop the attorney general from forcing him to hold people for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement without a warrant.
Marté is suing over so-called “detainer requests.” According to ICE, an immigration detainer is a request by ICE that asks a federal, state or local law enforcement agency to notify the agency if they are releasing an illegal immigrant, and to hold the inmate for up to 48 hours past the time they would normally be released.
According to their website, ICE often issues detainers against people who have been convicted of the following:
- Burglaries and robberies
- Kidnapping
- Homicide
- Sexual assault
- Weapons offenses
- Drug trafficking
- Human trafficking
Marté says he can’t do that without a warrant, but Indiana Attorney General Todd Rokita has already sued Marté to try and force him to cooperate. He also accused Marté of ignoring a previous ICE request…