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A court ruling allowed members of the Bucks County Sheriff’s Office to work with the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in a task force model.

The decision allows select deputies within the office to utilize a federal immigration database. Bucks County Sheriff Fred Harran described the task force as a “common-sense initiative” that allows his deputies to identify individuals who are in the country illegally who were taken into custody based on existing criminal charges and outstanding warrants in Bucks County.

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“Today’s court ruling is a victory for the law-abiding residents of Bucks County and a validation of a common-sense approach to public safety which fully leverages

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