The sheriff's announcement further disentangles this liberal Northern Virginia locality from the work of immigration enforcement.
The policy change most notably affects how the sheriff’s department communicates with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement over undocumented inmates in the Arlington County jail.
He said he hopes the changes will reduce the number of immigrants picked up by ICE out of that jail, lowering how many Northern Virginia residents are effectively deported over a drunk-driving arrest or a domestic violence incident. “We need to make sure that none of the resources in Arlington County are being used to further criminalize people and funnel them more easily to deportation,” said Danny Cendejas, a community organizer with the activist group La ColectiVA.Arthur — who is set to retire as sheriff next month — had limited prerelease notifications earlier this year to only inmates who had been arrested for a felony.
Jose Quiroz, a deputy sheriff who will take over for Arthur on a temporary basis following her retirement, has announced his candidacy to assume the position full-time and has received her endorsement. He is expected to continue to honor this policy change.in June. Alexandria’s jail continues to provide prerelease notifications to ICE, according to Sandoval-Moshenberg.
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