CRJU 20123 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Sanctuary City, De Jure, Deferred Action
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Such a policy can be set out expressly in law (de jure) or observed only in practice (de facto): the term applies generally to cities that do not municipal funds or resources to enforce national immigrant laws. The cities usually forbid their police or municipal employees to inquire about a person"s immigration status or share such information with immigration enforcement. Deferred action is a use of prosecutorial discretion to defer removal action against an individual for a certain period of time.
