Conservative cities and states across the country have adopted President Donald Trump’s deportation plan, increasing cooperation with federal authorities.

The Florida Legislature held a special session last week Passed law Creating state-level immigration enforcement projects. The new Tennessee law creates similar offices, making it a felony for public servants to support sanctuary policies.

Iowa and Oklahoma It passed state deportation laws that were blocked by courts. There are six Colorado Counties Suppose the state About that sanctuary policy, and Indiana Sues one of the counties Beyond immigration enforcement.

New Hampshire House Overwhelmingly It passed a law banning sanctuary cities, but it has a competing version of the bill in the state Senate. And last week, the Georgia Senate I passed A bill that allows local government employees and officials in sanctuary cities to be held civilly liable for crimes committed by immigrants without permanent legal status.

In Louisiana, Republican Attorney General Liz Malil last week I filed an application Forces the Orleans Parish Sheriff’s Office to abandon its sanctuary approach in U.S. District Court in New Orleans.

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Despite Trump’s pledge to deport millions of people living illegally in the United States, the most important targets have been roughly 750,000 people Those who have already received deportation orders signed by judges said Kathleen Bush Joseph, a policy analyst at the Institute for Immigration Policy, a Washington, DC think tank dedicated to immigration policy.

Nassau County, a suburban area in Long Island, New York, is planning to work closely with immigration authorities. The county voted for Republicans in last year’s presidential election for the first time since 1988.

The county has agreed to help 10 detectives arrest criminally convicted wanted ones and allow them to hold for up to 72 hours in exchange for a refund from ICE, Republicans said. Bruce Blakeman County said in a statement.

The partnership, he wrote, gave Nassau County more room for people on suspicion of immigration violations, and it had more than it had been acting independently. State guidance It questions the legality of imprisoning someone after court release.

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