(((▪Philadelphia terminates ICE contract after activists storm city hall; DHS rips 'misguided' move▪)))
Philadelphia has announced it will end a major information-sharing contract with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), bowing to intense pressure from activist groups and drawing immediate condemnation from federal officials.
(((The move means that the city will not renew a decade-long arrangement to share real-time arrest information with ICE when it expires at the end of August.)))
The information, contained in Philadelphia’s Preliminary Arraignment Reporting System (PARS), alerts authorities when new arrests are made, and includes arrestee's full names, countries of origin, and Social Security numbers.
While PARS does not indicate immigration status, Democrats charged that ICE nevertheless abused the database to investigate potential immigration violations.
Anyone who interacts with law enforcement is entered into the database, including those who are arrested, victims and witnesses, with some limits on what ICE officers can view.
“I cannot in good conscience allow the agreement to continue,” Democratic Mayor Jim Kenney told the Philadelphia Inquirer about Friday's announcement. "We're not going to provide them with information so they can go out and round people up."
He added: "If I could abolish ICE, I would. But we can abolish this contract, and we are….cont.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/2018/07/29/philadelphia-terminates-ice-contract-after-activists-storm-city-hall-dhs-rips-misguided-move.html