Federal judge punts immigration detainer lawsuit back to state Supreme Court
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Wisconsin Supreme Court chambers. Photo by David Wise, State Affairs Pro-Wisconsin, WisPolitics.
A federal judge has sent back to the Wisconsin Supreme Court a lawsuit challenging the practice of local sheriffs holding people at the request of federal immigration officials.
In a ruling Friday, Judge William Conley found the sheriffs of Walworth, Kenosha, Brown, Marathon and Sauk counties waited too long to file their petition to have the case moved to federal court.
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