The U.S. Marshals Service is drafting a new sanctuary policy that would limit the agency’s ability to hold illegal immigrants for pickup by ICE, The Washington Times has learned.
Under the policy, marshals would not be able to hold illegal immigrants for pickup by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement on the say-so of an immigration warrant, or “detainer” request. Once the Marshals Service is done processing someone for its own custody purposes, the migrant is to be released even if ICE had asked for a hold.
Officials described the policy as still in draft form, though The Times knows of one jurisdiction in Florida where it has already been implemented, according to a memo sent to employees earlier this summer.