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Trump told the U.S. Department of Homeland Security to find ways to cut off federal funding for so-called "sanctuary cities" that refuse to turn over undocumented immigrants to the federal government.
Mayor Stephanie Miner recently declared that Syracuse would be a sanctuary city. But the decision about how to handle undocumented immigrants in law enforcement custody appears to be out her hands.
Conway oversees the jail, and the Onondaga County Correctional Facility in Jamesville is overseen by the county.
Is Syracuse a sanctuary city? Can Trump pull federal funds? 6 answers about immigration policy
Is Syracuse a sanctuary city? Can Trump pull federal funds? 6 answers about immigration policy
President Trump moved Wednesday to withhold funding from cities that don't cooperate with federal immigration policies
An assistant to Onondaga County Corrections Commissioner William J. Hanna III referred questions today to a spokesman for County Executive Joanie Mahoney, who had no immediate comment about the undocumented immigrant detention policy.
Separately, data compiled by researchers at Syracuse University found ICE has issued 110 "detainer requests" since 2007 for prisoners held in Onondaga County.
Of those requests, ICE was given custody of the prisoner in 47 of the cases since 2007, according to the Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse at Syracuse University, which gathers and produces research reports on government data.
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