The Department of Homeland Security has asked the Dane County Sheriff’s Office to hold a woman charged with homicide by drunken driving and other crimes for deportation.
But Dane County Sheriff Kalvin Barrett called the request from Immigration and Customs Enforcement unconstitutional and said deporting the woman would deny justice for the victims and community.
The woman is from Honduras and was in the country illegally, according to ICE.
“Dane County does not honor ICE arrest detainers,” DHS Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin said in an email to the Wisconsin State Journal. “When sanctuary jurisdictions ignore ICE detainers, they are protecting criminal illegal aliens at the expense of American citizens.”
Barrett said he doesn’t consider Dane County or Madison to be sanctuary jurisdictions, calling the term “too broad.”