U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) on Dec. 1 urged New York state to honor its detainers for more than 7,000 illegal immigrants currently in custody for various criminal offenses.
ICE alleged that the state has already released about 6,947 criminal illegal immigrants with active detainers since Jan. 20. Among those released were alleged murderers and sexual predators, according to the agency.
The agency said in a statement that the state currently has 7,113 criminal illegal immigrants in its custody who are subject to ICE detainers, including individuals charged with homicide, drug-related crimes, weapons offenses, and sexual predatory offenses.
ICE said that it sent a letter to New York Attorney General Letitia James in September requesting cooperation in honoring detainers for criminal illegal immigrants, but it never heard back….