The city of Louisville, Kentucky, will start holding inmates for federal law enforcement, officials said on July 22.
Louisville corrections officers will start honoring immigration detainers, or requests to hold inmates for up to 48 hours until federal officers arrive to take custody of them, Louisville Mayor Craig Greenberg said in prepared remarks.
“I have been assured by the U.S. Department of Justice that, if we reinstate the 48-hour detainers for inmates who’ve been arrested for crimes, Louisville will be taken off the federal sanctuary city list,” Greenberg said. “Accordingly, Metro Corrections will begin honoring 48-hour federal detainers as soon as practical because the stakes are too high.”…