The ACLU is suing the Pima County Sheriff's Department over reports that deputies are calling immigration officials when they conduct a traffic stop.
In a new lawsuit, ACLU Attorney John Mitchell says his organization filed a public records request back in May, asking for the practices of the agency, specifically its policy about contacts with federal officials to verify someone's immigration status.
Sheriff Chris Nanos denies his deputies are making those calls.
Mitchell also says he has reason to believe that any policies about tracking interactions with federal officials were wiped out shortly after the records request was submitted.
Nanos told Capitol Media Services there was some kind of tracking about interactions with those possibly here illegally. But he said he inherited it from his predecessor.
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Two more ICE facilities in Arizona are keeping some detainees quarantined for possible measles exposure after a third facility reported multiple cases of the extremely contagious virus. -
Mexico will request criminal charges over 17 Mexicans who died in ICE custody or during immigration enforcement operations by the Trump administration, officials said Thursday. -
Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum says her government will “go further” than prior diplomatic notes and calls for investigations as the number of Mexican nationals killed by U.S. immigration officers or dying in custody increases. -
Surprise residents who were angry about the federal government turning a local warehouse into an immigration detention center can take a sigh of relief this week. -
ICE secured private office space, which did not require local approval. ICE told the city the purpose of the office is to expand enforcement efforts across the state, according to a statement from the city.
