LePage sends letter to sheriffs directing them to cooperate with immigration officials

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Gov. Paul LePage sent a letter on Tuesday to all of Maine's county sheriff's directing them to cooperate with federal immigration officials.The letter cites an executive order LePage signed in 2011 directing state officials to cooperate with federal immigration officials.Tap here to read the letterThe letter comes a day after LePage said he might remove sheriffs who do not work with federal immigration officials.LePage made the comments Monday during an interview on "The Laura Ingraham Show.""We have a couple of sheriffs that say they're not going to work with ICE (Immigration and Customs Enforcement). Well, unbeknownst to them the Maine Constitution says if they don't follow Maine law that I can remove them. So there's likely going to be some stories about sheriffs being removed from their duties," LePage said.Cumberland County Sheriff Kevin Joyce said last week that he will no longer hold inmates after their scheduled release for immigration agents unless there is probable cause.There is a provision under the Maine Constitution that allows the governor to remove sheriffs -- upon complaint, due notice and hearing -- if the sheriff is "not faithfully or efficiently performing any duty imposed upon the sheriff by law."Sheriffs are elected by voters in Maine.The governor did not name sheriffs. LePage spokeswoman Julie Rabinowitz said that removal proceedings haven't started yet.Joyce said detainers are not a legal documents and they are requests to hold inmates longer than their release date so ICE agents can build a case."We hear about law enforcement officers throughout the country and the thought that we aren't we're violating people's rights, well here I'm trying to protect people's rights, and the process of honoring detainers is a violation of the 14th and 4th amendment," Joyce said.

PORTLAND, Maine —

Gov. Paul LePage sent a letter on Tuesday to all of Maine's county sheriff's directing them to cooperate with federal immigration officials.

The letter cites an executive order LePage signed in 2011 directing state officials to cooperate with federal immigration officials.

Tap here to read the letter

The letter comes a day after LePage said he might remove sheriffs who do not work with federal immigration officials.

LePage made the comments Monday during an interview on "The Laura Ingraham Show."

"We have a couple of sheriffs that say they're not going to work with ICE (Immigration and Customs Enforcement). Well, unbeknownst to them the Maine Constitution says if they don't follow Maine law that I can remove them. So there's likely going to be some stories about sheriffs being removed from their duties," LePage said.

Cumberland County Sheriff Kevin Joyce said last week that he will no longer hold inmates after their scheduled release for immigration agents unless there is probable cause.

There is a provision under the Maine Constitution that allows the governor to remove sheriffs -- upon complaint, due notice and hearing -- if the sheriff is "not faithfully or efficiently performing any duty imposed upon the sheriff by law."

Sheriffs are elected by voters in Maine.

The governor did not name sheriffs. LePage spokeswoman Julie Rabinowitz said that removal proceedings haven't started yet.

Joyce said detainers are not a legal documents and they are requests to hold inmates longer than their release date so ICE agents can build a case.

"We hear about law enforcement officers throughout the country and the thought that we aren't we're violating people's rights, well here I'm trying to protect people's rights, and the process of honoring detainers is a violation of the 14th and 4th amendment," Joyce said.

LePage sends letter to sheriffs directing them to cooperate with immigration officials

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