WASHINGTON – Attorney General Pam Bondi has directed officials across the country, including Minnesota Governor Tim Walz, to cooperate with federal immigration enforcement efforts.
The Department of Justice announced states, cities and counties that have laws, policies and regulations that impede enforcement of federal immigration laws.
“Sanctuary policies impede law enforcement and put American citizens at risk by design,” Attorney General Pamela Bondi said in a press release. “The Department of Justice will continue bringing litigation against sanctuary jurisdictions and work closely with the Department of Homeland Security to eradicate these harmful policies around the country.”
In a congressional hearing in June, Walz said Minnesota cooperates with federal authorities including asking convicted felons in prison their immigration status, and sharing that with Homeland Security to work with the department when there’s a federal arrest warrant for someone.
“Many of these are law abiding Americans, people granted asylum or promised protected status,” Walz explained. “In many cases, it seems these people were deported not based on a criminal behavior but how they look or what they’ve said or being in the wrong place at the wrong time.”
