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Judge says federal court can't rule on challenge to Orleans sheriff's 'sanctuary' policy

(AP) — A federal judge last week temporarily halted the state of Louisiana's legal challenge to the Orleans Parish Sheriff's Office's longstanding immigration policy, which prohibits jail staff from honoring federal immigration detainer requests to hold local arrestees suspected of being in the country illegally past their release dates.

On Wednesday (Feb. 18), U.S. Magistrate Judge Janis van Meerv…

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