ICE Detainer Filed for Mexican National Charged with Attempted Murder in Salt Lake City

DHS announced ICE lodged an arrest detainer requesting that politicians not release Jesus Alejandro Ramirez-Padilla, a Mexican criminal alien charged with attempted murder in Salt Lake City, Utah. ICE asked local authorities to hold him for federal custody rather than release him. The case was presented as evidence of the need for greater cooperation between local law enforcement and ICE.