Laken Riley murder: Georgia sheriff says its ICE detainer policy for illegal immigrants 'could be improved'
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The Clarke County Sheriff's Office on Thursday conceded that its ICE detainer policies 'could be improved' following the Feb. 22 murder of Laken Riley on the University of Georgia campus.
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"In 2018, the Clarke County Sheriff’s Office reviewed and updated its policy concerning foreign nationals booked into the jail. These updates to the policy were the result of public input, a review of best practices, relevant case law, and input from legal counsel," Williams' office said in a statement. "Based on the totality of circumstances at that time, the policy was changed to decline requests from [ICE] to hold inmates, known as ‘detainers,’ that are not signed by a judge."
The law requires the Clarke County Sheriff's Office to "notify ICE" whenever authorities "book someone either known or suspected to be a foreign national," the statement read.
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