Border chief won’t hand over criminal illegal immigrants to sanctuary cities

Published March 17, 2020 12:52pm ET



The new chief of the U.S. Border Patrol has drawn a line at handing over illegal immigrant criminals to sanctuary cities that won’t promise to return them after their local court cases are completed.

Rodney Scott, who was named chief in January, said that even those wanted for murder won’t be handed over if they won’t be returned to federal officials to be deported.

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