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I take it from ICE spokeswoman Virginia Kice's statement that "the detainer was not honored" that a detainer was issued for Lopez-Sanchez:

http://www.latimes.com/local/california/la-me-immigration-sa...

An ICE detainer is a request (not a court order) that a state or local police department detain an individual for 48 hours (excluding holidays and weekends) while ICE decides whether or not they want to take someone into custody for consideration for deportation:

https://www.aclu.org/issues/immigrants-rights/ice-and-border...

In retrospect, I probably exaggerated ICE's power wrt my local police department. Still, compliance with a detainer means an arrested citizen can be detained for up to five calendar days (48 hours + 3 day weekend) without charge, or indeed any sort of judicial review, merely on ICE's say-so.



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