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| Yakima County says it won’t grant immigration holds on inmates |
| By yakimaherald.com- Mike Faulk |
| Published: 05/01/2014 |
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Yakima County will no longer automatically detain immigrants on behalf of federal immigration authorities once they’re eligible for release. The decision ends the decades-old practice of granting up to 72-hour holds on immigrants suspected of being in the country illegally at the request of Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials. Yakima County joins other cities and counties in Washington, Oregon and Colorado to drop the practice after a federal court ruled the holds could result in constitutional violations. Read More. |
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