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Romaine Quinn: “We drafted legislation...that would require sheriffs to…”

Featuring: Romaine Quinn, Republican | Wisconsin State Senate, District 25

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Sen. Romaine Quinn Talks Legislative Priorities | January DrydenWire Live!

Published | Video Starts at 31:02

But I would say a lot of this is caused by, you know, frankly, division, political division, but I would say leaders in those communities by not enforcing the law to begin with. So here's an example. We drafted legislation...that would require sheriffs to honor a detainer order from ICE if there is someone sitting in their county jail with felony charges. Now, I know some of the sheriffs got mad because they're like, we're already doing this. Don't tell us what to do. (31:02–31:17)

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Asserts that legislation was drafted to require sheriffs to honor ICE detainer orders for felony charges.

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