Email, Nina Pruneda, public affairs officer, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Department of Homeland Security, Feb. 21, 2017

3:29 p.m.

“ICE would welcome any changes to current policy that would allow local authorities to more fully cooperate with ICE toward achieving the shared goal of protecting public safety and national security while balancing important community policing needs.

“When law enforcement agencies fail to honor immigration detainers and release serious criminal offenders onto the streets, it undermines ICE’s ability to protect public safety and carry out its mission.

At-large criminal alien arrests are among the most dangerous type of enforcement actions ICE officers are engaged in on a daily basis. These arrests also represent the greatest risk to the community. This level of risk can be mitigated in many instances.”