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Obama administration sanctuary cities policy

The Obama administration's policy towards sanctuary cities, including the Priority Enforcement Program and Secure Communities

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Jan 13, 2026
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How did sanctuary cities respond to Obama's Secure Communities program?

Sanctuary jurisdictions reacted to the Obama-era Secure Communities program by refusing to cooperate with ICE detainer requests, passing local and state limits on cooperation, pursuing legal and polit...

Jan 12, 2026
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Did the Obama administration create ICE or reorganize existing agencies?

The federal agency known as U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) was created as part of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) reorganization after 9/11, not by President Barack Obama . T...

Jan 26, 2026
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How did the Biden administration’s enforcement priority memos change ICE courtroom, courthouse, and local‑police cooperation policies?

administration’s enforcement priority memos narrowed the operational compass for by restoring and formalizing prioritization rules that limited routine courthouse arrests and constrained routine coope...

Jan 29, 2026

What role did Secure Communities and other programs play in Obama-era deportation numbers?

(S‑COMM), a fingerprint‑sharing program expanded under , materially increased interior immigration encounters and removals by automating referrals from local jails to and was a major driver of high re...

Jan 15, 2026

What role did the Obama administration play in shaping current sanctuary city policies?

The Obama administration played a catalytic and contradictory role in shaping today’s sanctuary city landscape: its expansion and operation of federal data-sharing and enforcement programs contributed...