CHESAPEAKE, Va. — Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) will have more time to pick up detained, undocumented individuals at the Chesapeake Correctional Center.

When someone is arrested, local jails inquire about their immigration status and, if the person is undocumented, they contact ICE. ICE has discretion on whether to take them into custody. Enforcement practices vary depending on the administration.

ICE can ask an agency to hold someone for 48 hours. However, the Chesapeake's Sheriff's Office announced a special agreement with ICE that establishes the correctional center as the only facility in the region to allow 72-hour holds for ICE to complete custody and removal proceedings.

"They have 72-hour regional hubs in different areas, and that's the model we're following," explai

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