LADYSMITH, Wis. (WJMC) — Rusk County’s district attorney responds to claims his county is a sanctuary for illegal immigration.
Confidential emails between county district attorneys were leaked to conservative media last week. In those emails, Polk County District Attorney Jeffrey Kemp expressed concerns over Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents detaining people, even citizens, and denying them constitutional due process.
Rusk County District Attorney John Cabranes agreed, and said his office would not support ICE using those tactics.
Dan O’Donnell, a Milwaukee conservative talk radio host, characterized this as the two district attorneys creating sanctuary counties.
Cabranes, in a statement this week, clarified he takes issue with what he considers abusive tactics and violating rights to due process. He said crimes in his county will be prosecuted according to law.
Cabranes said Rusk County is not, and will not be, a sanctuary county.