According to the Delegation of Immigration Authority Section 287g Immigration and Nationality Act, the 287g program allows a “state or local law enforcement entity to enter into a partnership with ICE, under a joint Memorandum of Agreement (MOA), in order to received delegated authority for immigration enforcement within their jurisdictions.”

Waukesha County is one of 78 law enforcement agencies in the country that, in partnership with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), enforces the 287g program. Severson is the only sheriff in the six state ICE region that is 287g.

Under 287g, local law enforcement, like Severson, can honor ICE detainers, which are put on unauthorized immigrants who have been arrested and for whom ICE has reason to believe that they may be removable from the United States.

Waukesha County gets anywhere from six to a dozen detainers issued in an entire year, according to Severson.

For Severson, the reason to take part in the 287g program is twofold; protecting his department from frivolous litigation, while also protecting the public. 

Groups like the ACLU and Voces De La Frontera, began questioning the constitutionality of ICE detainers around five to six years ago, according to Severson. The groups began to file lawsuits against sheriffs who honored ICE detainers.

Part of why Waukesha County is a part of 287g is because of the threat of this litigation.

 “The 287g program, for me, is a mechanism that allows me to comply with detainers without worrying about which side of the law this federal district might rule, if and when they rule,” said Severson.

“It prevents me, I think, from facing unnecessary litigation because I think we would win that, and I think people who would look at this would recognize that you can’t say I don’t have the jurisdiction to enforce ICE detainers when the very people who are doing it are federal agents.”

Severson applied to the 287g in the spring of 2017 and was accepted. The program has been up and running in Waukesha for a little over two months. Severson has received a lot of support from his constituents regarding the program.

After being accepted, Severson had to have his facilities inspected, computer equipment installed, and sent two of his correctional officers to training.

His officers went to a month-long training, and once they completed the training, according to Severson, the officers now have sworn ICE credentials.

“They have the same authority that a federal immigrations and customs enforcement agent has,” said Severson.

“They are federal agents.”

According to Severson, there are three different models of the 287g program. The first model is a task force model but is no longer instituted.

“It is that model that people like [Voces De La Frontera] and the ACLU and a lot of other folks that want to attack ICE, that’s the model that they criticize,” said Severson.

The third model is the jail model, which is what Waukesha County is a part of. The second model is a combination of the first and the third.

Through the jail model, Severson and his department learn about someone’s immigration status typically through the Automated Fingerprint Identification System (AFIS), when the person gets booked into the jail.

Waukesha County’s Jail has an average of 430 inmates every day, not including the Huber Facility inmates.

Although, according to Severson, they may discover someone’s immigration status by the person disclosing it prior to the booking process, although he notes that is not common. 

“On any given day, I may have only one or two people in custody that have a detainer request,” said Severson.

“Not a large number of people.”

Severson notes that he has never ignored an ICE detainer, although there was an instance when an inmate was released prior to ICE coming to pick them up.

The release came in response to a Chicago district court case that affected southeastern Wisconsin around two and a half years ago, regarding whether or not an administrative warrant needed to be attached to a detainer.

ICE decided to attach warrants to detainers nationwide and went through the active detainers attaching warrants. According to Severson, they missed some, and one was the inmate that Severson released.

“Immigration law is really, really complicated,” said Severson.

ICE prioritizes cases differently, says Severson, and the difference between being in the country illegally and it being a civil or criminal case is something he understands well.

“You don’t get deported because you committed a crime. You get deported because you don’t belong here.”

However, criminals who commit serious offenses, like murder, often serve their sentence before being released into ICE custody, according to Severson.

As sheriff, Severson takes time to understand and immerse himself in everything he’s doing, and during that has also learned a lot about people too.

“I’ve learned a valuable lesson being sheriff. It’s that people advocate for their positions by not completing the sentence,” said Severson.

A sentence that is not always completed, in Severson’s opinion, is that ICE does a lot more than just deportations. ICE helps with naturalizations and assisting people in becoming legal citizens.

“That’s a story that never gets told.”

Severson firmly believes that the fears that communities are experiencing because of ICE are not his doing.

“All of the naysayers who say, oh the world is going to come to an end and families are going to get separated, and people are going to get arrested for running stop sings. And we’re going to do sweeps of communities and we’re going to go to every Mexican restaurant in the county and start arresting everybody in the kitchen,” said Severson.

“None of that’s true. It’s all lies. It’s not happening, it won’t happen. They can’t advance the narrative that 287g is bad by telling the truth.”

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Aissa Olivarez, staff attorney at Community Immigration Law Center

She began by saying that she’s noticed a lack of discretion by ICE, in that they are much more aggressive than ever before, disregarding certain precautions about pending charges and minor offenses. “Now, we’re just seeing it be done with little discretion,” she said.

Basically, there are no punches pulled under the new administration. A good deal of undocumented citizens without a criminal record, she says, are being detained and, subsequently, deported. Under the Obama administration, she says, people with a violent history, or fugitives from justice would be targeted. (She also says that Obama deported many people, though, and more than U.S. citizens would know.) Since its inception, ICE, in her words, has always been active in the Latino community. One thing of note, which she said the mainstream media should cover more of, is the legalities of renewal orders, how people are fighting governmental state attorneys and how the undocumented citizens are not fighting cases.

“It’s a huge due process issue. Non-profit organizations don’t have the ability to provide a defense attorney, in many cases,” she says. To her, immigrants are fighting an uphill battle, in that they usually aren’t represented at all – given the exorbitant fees – and usually accept removal orders. She says that many ICE detention centers are overpopulated, that people are sleep deprived and suffer from malnutrition. Many are willing to be deported after experiencing the conditions.

-Interview by Andrew Boldt

John Sesini, Immigration Lawyer, Sesini Law Group

He’s been a lawyer since 1991 and is in his 20^th year of working in immigration law. His firm takes on family related cases that include marriage, juveniles, VAW, asylums, removal defense, “crimmigration” (criminal immigration), visas and naturalizations. Most of his clients find him through word of mouth and advertisements.

He said he works with ICE a lot, normally in the court room. He said their exchanges range in topics from supervision, working out bonds, and work with the immigration judges. He said that there was more cooperation with ICE under Obama, and it has been significantly more difficult since Trump came into office. He said that most of his clients used to be able to bond out, and now that just isn’t going to happen under Trump. They aren’t going to get released out of custody.

He said that the rumors of people being rounded up on the streets are absolutely true. He said that there are ICE operations that frequently go up to Green Bay and look for specific people, many of whom have criminal backgrounds, but many don’t. Normally, he said, that his clients have ICE detainers on them by the time he starts to work with them.

He said that there has been an increase in ICE activity, and that he thinks that there will continue to be an increase. He definitely said within the last year that that increase has happened. His words were “I think it’s going to continue to get worse.” He said that there is normally a way, once someone’s been deported, to get them back legally, but that has been harder since Trump.

Sesini also represents hundreds of DACA students, as well. He is unsure of how many children are being deported in Wisconsin, in comparison to those near the border.

-Interview by Catie Middleton

Cain Oulahan, immigration lawyer

He said he has been practicing “exclusively immigration Law since 2011. I’ve been working on immigration cases for over 10 years. I do deportation defense and naturalization, DACA.”

As for the new Milwaukee County Sheriff Earnell Lucas, he is hopeful. He said he believes Lucas “will want to make Milwaukee a very welcoming place for immigrants. So, I don’t see him aggressively pursuing enforcement, cooperation with ICE. He’s likely to focus on run the jails efficiently and enforcing state laws within Milwaukee County.”

He explained the 287g program.

“It’s a program that exists under Federal Law that allows local law enforcement agencies to apply to have special training for their officers, and there are two parts to this program. First, have officers at the jail trained, deputized. The other program is field operations, where officers may be in the field conducting traffic spots and also be able to carry out immigration enforcement.”

He does not believe the new sheriff would be likely to apply for it. The only one that has is Waukesha County.

Without a 287G, how would ICE get involved?

“ICE still has access to law enforcement information they can see who is there, and make requests to the jail, called detainers. Most jails are generally cooperating with those. But cooperations vary, like Dane County who is not fully cooperating. So besides detainers, ICE is always doing their own field operations. So they can find people whether they have cooperation locally, or not.”

Does Ice target a specific demographic? He says the Obama administration “had one set of priorities but the Trump administration has much broader parameters. Basically anyone in the country without status is now a target. Some of course are higher priorities than others.. like gang affiliations or serious convictions or involved in terrorism. But due to limited field enforcement, (they) usually prioritize people with criminal records, including DUIs, who tend to be targeted more.”

He explained that if a person misses a court date “they will be deported in absentia. They don’t get to go back to court at that point. They would be removed by ICE. On rare cases they may have a reason to reopen their case. For example, if they missed the official notice, that is an automatic basis to reopen. But you would need a lawyer in that case.”

Detained people have some rights, he said. “Yes, they do get that opportunity to request a hearing before a judge as well. ICE will give the person an option, to agree to be deported, thereby waving their rights to a hearing. Or they can request a hearing before the judge. The only time a person would not have a right to a court date, is if they are illegal and an aggravated felon. If you have a green card you would always have a right to a court appearance. Only undocumented, can be deported without.”

He thinks the country’s immigration laws “are definitely outdated. I don’t think they offer enough for well-intentioned people who should be able to be here. In terms of the process, I think it has some fair aspects to it, like allowed to have a hearing and due process, but it is difficult for them to have a lawyer, to afford one or find one. They have no right to a lawyer (public defender). So, children can’t find or afford a lawyer, they are defending themselves, and is that fair to a child? In some cases, pressure of lying from ICE to enter their homes without a warrant, can cause problems. There is a big problem how this administration is handling asylum applicants. They are violating their national law, not allowing people to claim asylum. Generally, the laws are fair but outdated. But the way they get enforced, there is a lot of unfairness.”

Of unauthorized people, he added: “A vast majority are hard working people, who want to make a living and support their families and have to come to think of this country as home. They are giving back and are very positive people. Sure some of criminal records, in many cases a bad mistake they made when they were younger. And in many cases have tried to turn their life around and make up for it. It is very rare that I encounter someone who has bad intentions. A vast majority are really good folks and are only a problem because they lack status.”

-Interview by Amanda Maniscalco

Davorin Ordcic, immigration lawyer

Davorin Ordcic has been a lawyer since ‘01. He started out in commercial corporate litigation and until he handled asylum applications and found that he liked.

Since 2006. he has exclusively worked in immigration law.

“I was drawn to it because I do have an immigrant background,” he said, explaining that his father is Croation (not born in the U.S.) and his mother is Slovakian.

During his career, he coined a term which would come to symbolize part of the immigration debate: crimmigration, the intersection between immigration and crime.

When asked about the term, he said, “Crimmigration is the nexus relationship between immigration and criminal law. That’s probably what I’m known for.”

Ordcic said new Milwaukee County Sheriff Earnell Lucas is someone the immigration community has hopes for.

“The expectation is that he’s not going to honor ICE detainers at the Milwaukee jail,” he said, adding, “I don’t know how that’s going to play out.”

Honoring detainers, he said, can be worse on the communities where more dangerous deportees are taken.

“Sometimes local jails make a huge mistake by honoring ICE detainers,” and then describing a man with a first-degree sex assault charge of a child who was deported before he could be prosecuted.

He said the incident was not isolated and is an often-overlooked issue.

“I have seen this in several instances,” he said. “ICE cares most about their enforcement policy, even if they have pending felony charges. That’s not really being victim-friendly.”

As for the detainers, he said, “ICE cannot force these to be honored.”

Ordcic believes here are issues with ICE detainers because of the fourteenth amendment’s vague application of who is eligible to receive due process.

He explained that ICE detainers are, “a request from ICE to a local jail which asks people believed to be in violation of immigration law to be held 48 hours longer so they can be taken into ICE custody.”

If families post bond, they can still be held for the additional 48 hours, and oftentimes, this will trigger an ICE detainer. Even after they post bond, the families never get it back if the person is deported and they have to seek an additional bond for immigration court.

If a non-citizen is convicted of a crime, ICE puts them on a special docket to secure a removal order; however, that order is only executed when their sentence is up and in the meantime, taxpayers foot the bill.

“There are a lot of challenges, both statutory and constitutional,” he said. “I think that ICE detainers are unlawful. The 48 hours is a total joke; there’s no mechanism to enforce that.”

If people complain about waiting in jail, the are often immediately deported.

Ordcic said ICE has the right to go up to anyone and say, “Where were you born?” He advises his clients ask if they are free to go. If the ICE agent says “No,” he tells them to ask “What reasonable suspicion do you have that I’m here without status?”

And the answer can’t be ethnic because the fourth amendment prevents ICE from ethnically profiling people.

However, that begs the question; who is being targeted by ICE? Average people or criminals?

“The truth is in the middle,” he said. “A lot of people that get placed into immigration courts, either there is an ICE detainer or they show up to their probation office and ICE is there.”

Ordcic said ICE specifically targets:
(1) People with arrest/criminal convictions,
(2) People with outstanding removal orders,
(3) Previously deported reentries, which incurs substantial prison time.

Meeting unauthorized immigrants when they check in for probation is a lot safer for ICE. However, while finding supposed targets, they will arrest them even if they have no record.

This is a big fear in the communities where his clients live.

“I got a big uptick of consultation after Trump was elected,” he added.

But despite extreme rhetoric from conservatives and liberals, Ordcic said the reality is much less sensational.

“The biggest, most common reason people end up in immigration court is drinking and driving — it’s a common way to be placed on the ICE radar,” he said.

-Interview by Talis Shelbourne

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“We really need a pathway to legalization and citizenship that we don’t have,” she said. “It’s unfortunate right now that I think we’re at a standstill.”

She also reiterated many times how important the Latino community was to the economy, and how there are so many young, undocumented students who are looking to become a part of society in a positive way but are held back by the restrictions on citizenship. However, she also spoke on a different perspective, “…immigrant communities continue to grow, and their children are first generation Americans, who are also living in fear even though they have birthright and are a part of this country.” She also said, “Living in fear is a huge issue when you’re trying to progress and be a contributing part of our society.”

When asked specifically about the ICE situation, Cavazos said, “I think that here, locally, we heard about the raids. But were they really raids or are people living in such fear and are in the shadows that anything scares them at this point? I guess right now, we just have to figure out how to create a sustainable community and it’s not happening with the current legislation. I think we’re creating a criminalization of immigrant communities that really do not contribute readily to our state’s economy and our nation’s economy.” Again, she touched on the economic standpoint of the issue. She spoke on the abuses that occur to immigrant communities within the workforce because there is the fear of being undocumented and deported. She also spoke on the dairy industry in Wisconsin, and the role that Latinos play within that industry.

“The best way to say it is, right now, there is a witch hunt after the wrong people.”  She based much of her information off of the press releases that came directly from ICE. She said that there were 83 people in the state of Wisconsin who were arrested, and most of them had a criminal background.

“They did say that they did gather, I think it was, 12 individuals that had no criminal background but did not have status or were undocumented,” she added. What was interesting was that she was not quick to call these raids, because she defines a raid as something bigger than just one person at a time. She did see some issue with ICE not telling any local authorities about the raids. Here she describes what she’s heard and what she understands about what happened: “From what I understand is that ICE came into the community. That ICE did not forewarn local law enforcement. That ICE went into communities and targeted different residences and they took in, I think it was, I don’t recall the total number they arrested, but they took in Madison, but I think it was about 12 just from the Madison area. The majority of them had some form of criminal background, but they did arrest three people who did not have any criminal background.”

One of the main points she kept circling back to was the fear that these “raids” instilled in communities. She said that businesses closed, people skipped work, and just stayed as quiet and under the radar as they could during those three days.

“Communities were paralyzed because they were living in fear.” She also added that people getting information from social media added to the increased fear, and that she wished there were one or two credible sources to disseminate information so that it was more streamlined and not so frenzied, because “it created fear mongering.”

As for whether or not she thinks the ICE press releases are credible, she said “I would hope that our U.S. government and Homeland Security would provide us with accurate information, of course.” She also said that the effect these raids had on the communities is pretty big because even if it’s one person, it still affects the whole community. She said that “There were children that weren’t picked up by their parents because they were victims of the raids.”

Her final thought was about moving forward and not letting any of this hinder the progress that Latinos continue to make, “Latinos will continue to grow. We are an important factor in America’s workforce and I think it’s really important for us to be organized. And no matter what partisan lines you belong to, that we keep a united front.”

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Dane County Sheriff Dave Mahoney

He began by saying that he has been enticed by ICE to apply to 287g, but he has refused on each occasion, not even applying. “I have no interest, nor do I anticipate having any interest in the future,” he said. In the early aughts of his tenure as sheriff – a position he has held for 12 years – the booking process would require that they inquire about individuals’ immigration status, because of the discrepancies and requests from some embassies.

He continued by saying, if they could not identify an individual, they would fax ICE, to determine if they had any information on an individual. Sometimes, ICE would request a hold on that person, while a potential hearing loomed; however, Mahoney has not honored such ICE requests, because the federal government has changed the fingerprinting process, and details from the National Information Center (NIC) are given to ICE when a non-citizen individual gets arrested.

If Dane County places a hold on that individual, it has no bearing on instances of bail or release upon eligibility. He went on to say that Madison is not a sanctuary city, because they still place holds on individuals (San Francisco is a true sanctuary city, according to the sheriff).

Every year, in Dane County, 30 to 40 individuals have holds placed on them. No holds are honored, in the case that ICE wants Dane County to hold someone – who is in the process of posting bail – for 48 hours.

“Over three-quarters of the federal courts have determined that ICE holds are not legal, that they violate the Fourth and Sixteenth Amendments of the Constitution, specifically search and seizure, and due process,” said Mahoney.

Mahoney said that ICE holds are rarely reviewed by a judge, so it stands as more of a favor. If a warrant is issued by a judge, however, the hold will be honored, as opposed to an administrative request. Outside the jail, non-citizens are issued tickets (for an offense like, say, speeding) and are let go. ICE needs a judicial warrant or probable cause – the only ways Dane County cooperates with ICE, as they do not go on round-ups, nor do they hold individuals on a “favor.”

The process of immigration enforcement, according to Mahoney, needs to be better explained to communities that could be subject to an entity like ICE. The misinformation or lack of information, on the federal level, has heightened fear in those communities. According to Mahoney, victims are more hesitant to come forward to local law enforcement, making the community less safe.

-Interview by Andrew Boldt

Milwaukee Police Chief Alfonso Morales

The Chief says that the “policy (on immigration) has changed as of last year in regards to immigration.”

He feels like it is not necessary at this time to change the policy since as of how it stands now, immigration is being taken care of at a federal level. However, he goes on to say, “I cant tell my law enforcement to act on or not to act on immigration laws.”

He says that when people are involved in a crime, armed robbery, nonfatal shooting or homicide or through a drug investigation, that’s when the police are involved in the issue of immigration status.

“Milwaukee is not a sanctuary city,” says the chief. “We are here to enforce the laws. However, when we want to gain the public trust, we want the public to know that when they are victims of crimes, witnesses of crimes, that they should not fear the police.”

He says his job is to work with the community and bring the trust back into the community.

The Mexican Consulate head in Milwaukee, who was at the same meeting where the chief was interviewed, says that people who are victims of domestic violence or petty crimes or theft, often don’t contact police because of the fear that if they were to have contact with law enforcement that their immigration status may be questioned.

-Interview by Amanda Maniscalco

New Milwaukee County Sheriff Earnell Lucas

“I do not want to send the sheriff’s office through a lot of heart ache and misery just because there’s a new sheriff. I have no intention in making any immediate changes other than those that I have announced already. We are going to go in and determine who is committed to in restoring the honor and integrity and trust back into this organization. And then we’ll make those assignments and everyone will help lead the Milwaukee County Sheriff’s office,” Earnell Lucas said.

Asked how he planned to shape his policy on immigration, Lucas said:

“From the start of my campaign, I’ve stated that I was not going to collaborate with ICE when it relates to detain individuals. A request from ICE is no different than a request from anyone in this room. This request is not to be ordered from a judge and therefor… I’m mindful of the fact that when an individual comes into custody of the MCSO and if they satisfy whatever local charges they are detained for, they are released by Madison or posted bail, that should we detain that individual from any time over, we could be violating their constitutional right.”

He added: “I’m not going to drive wedges into our community for the purposes of ICE.”

He talked about working with the MPD, more specifically the chief of police, Alfonso Morales. He wants the discussion with the community to be open. He says they are working to create a safer community, but not by in the means of hunting down illegal immigrants. They are not going to actively be searching to illegals, therefore, in the community they will not be associating with ICE.

It should be noted that ICE does have their own agents and task force that does go into the community when given a tip or once ICE thinks that they found this person, they will go wherever they are to detain them.

When it comes to the jails, Lucas has been clear from the gecko that he will not apply/enforce the 287G program. A

Throughout his campaign, at every speech, and today, he still says that even though it is himself and others in the Sheriff’s Dept, along with the MPD, it is all of us, Milwaukee as a whole that will end up changing things. He stands by sticking together.

 “I plan to serve with honor and integrity. There is a lot of work to do here in Milwaukee. We have a number a problems but we are committed to make change.”

Then LaCrosse County Sheriff Steve Helgeson

Lacrosse County Jail does not try to determine the status of a person. They only try if that person has committed a felony or serious crime including rape or robbery. “We had an undocumented Mexican who raped and murdered a college student,” he said. This was an instance when they did contact ICE to make sure they covered all of their bases. ICE put a detainer on him, and he received life in prison.

They do not look into minor offenses. The sheriff wants the citizens of LaCrosse to feel safe to contact them about a serious crime. If a person is illegal, they will not contact ICE unless the crime is serious, as stated before. “We try to be cautious. We want our citizens to trust us and want to trust in our citizens,” the sheriff said.

They are not interested in having 287g a part of their program. Sheriff Helgeson said that he does not believe there are a lot of detainers.

Interview by Jaylyn Fahey

Captain Rob Drew, Jail Administrator, Polk County Sheriff’s Department

Captain Drew said that they do have ICE hold detainers readily accessible from their software, and that fulfilling an Open Records request for them would require searching all of their paper inmate files manually and would take several hours.

Typically, he said, they receive one or two ICE detainers requests a year. It is not their policy or practice to hold a person solely on an ICE detainer. They require a hard copy of an actual warrant in order to honor that detainer, and hold that person for ICE.

He did say that they do note the ICE detainers, but they will not hold the person unless there is a physical warrant or the person has been charged with other crimes at that time. There must always be other charges (or a warrant) for them to be held for ICE.

He said that the Polk County Sheriff’s Department does not believe that ICE detainers are a legal justification of arresting and holding someone.

-Interview by Catie Middleton

Winnebago County Sheriff John Matz

John Matz, currently Winnebago’s county sheriff, has been working 30 years in law enforcement. In addition to working 30 years in law enforcement, Matz has served over 20-years in the Wisconsin Army National Guard.

Matz’s son also served in the National Guard, and is currently a Dane County Sheriff’s Deputy. Both father and son served in Iraq at the same time, supervising a military prison. Matz said ICE has not been to their county of Winnebago, and ICE will let them know if they did end up coming. Matz said he has not heard or seen any ICE agents in their area as of late. He said they do follow the ICE detainer protocol, and he said they give them 48 hours to come get the individual.

-Interview by Brad Hanney

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Inmates with an ICE detainer are primarily undocumented and whose status often piques ICE’s interest.

Around 46 percent of inmates who had detainers placed on them are registered sex offenders and convicted of serious sex crimes, Media Milwaukee found. 

In a list obtained through an open records request to the DOC, there have been 275 of those inmates whom ICE has placed a detainer on since February 2014.

Most are compliant and currently incarcerated; however, a small majority are non-compliant and on active community supervision.

One 42-year-old man is one of those inmates currently serving his time after being convicted of a sex crime. Originally from India, he was convicted of first-degree sexual assault, and several counts of possession of child pornography, in 2014.

He is serving a 15-year sentence after admitting to traveling from San Diego, Calif. to Wausau, Wis. to meet up with a 12-year-old girl.

He had an ICE detainer placed on him in January 2016.

 In addition to sex crimes, common felonies among inmates with ICE detainers include OWI’s and drug related charges.

Of the 275 names that Media Milwaukee received, approximately 101 of them used interpreters during court proceedings.

The majority of inmates with ICE detainers over the last four years at the DOC were in their thirties and forties.

Forty one percent of these DOC inmates have only one felony conviction on their record. In one instance, however, an inmate had 14 felony convictions.

Many inmates are not only guilty of violent and serious crimes, but they are also repeat offenders, who are just now having ICE detainers placed on them.

Most of these inmates will complete their sentences before going into ICE custody, but the frequency with which some of these inmates offend raises questions about ICE’s priorities.

The large majority of inmates on the DOC’s ICE detainer list were male, there were females included as well.

One woman, 36, was found guilty in 2010 of first-degree reckless homicide and child abuse-intentionally causing harm.

According to an Associated Press article, she was responsible for causing the death of her 8-year-old son.

The AP story says the woman “disciplined [her son] by hitting him across his back with an extension cord.” She then made him run around their Kenosha apartment before instructing him to take a cold shower.

 When the boy arrived at the hospital, his body temperature was at 80 degrees, according to the article.

She had an ICE detainer placed on her in June 2016.

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