(The Center Square) – U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Acting Director Todd Lyons has contacted the attorneys general of California, Illinois and New York about their states’ noncompliance with ICE detainer requests and policies of releasing dangerous criminals onto the streets.

The states have policies prohibiting local jurisdictions, including jails and prisons, from complying with ICE detainer requests. ICE has lodged thousands of detainer requests with jurisdictions where illegal foreign nationals are already in custody after they’ve been charged with crimes in order to transfer them into federal custody.

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