Introduce and support legislation to let ICE obtain judicial warrants to hold undocumented people charged or convicted of violent felonies or other violent crimes in custody until federal authorities can take custody.

U.S. Senator Angus King has introduced legislation with six Senate colleagues to improve public safety and bolster coordination between state and federal governments to ensure violent undocumented persons are kept in custody and not released back into the community. The Improving Public Safety Through Immigration Warrant Issuance Act would allow for Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to obtain a judicially authorized warrant for an undocumented person who has been charged or convicted of committing a felony or violent crime in the United States.

King backed a bill that would give ICE a judicial warrant process to keep undocumented people accused or convicted of violent crimes in custody instead of releasing them to the community.

King, Colleagues Work to Bolster Public Safety and Communication Between State and Federal Law Enforcement on Immigration Warrants
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