Louisville will no longer be classified as a sanctuary city, following a policy reversal by Mayor Craig Greenberg under mounting federal pressure and threats to critical funding.
Greenberg said during a press conference on Tuesday that Louisville Metro Corrections will start honoring 48-hour immigration detainers again. This is a protocol that was in place before 2017 and gives federal immigration officials two days’ notice before certain undocumented inmates are freed. The city only gave 5 to 12 hours’ notice till today.
Greenberg stressed that “this issue does not change anything about LMPD policy or practice,” he said. “LMPD is not involved in enforcing federal immigration policy. This is about inmates who have committed crimes and are already in our custody.”…