The Wisconsin Supreme Court is set to rule on whether local law enforcement agencies can hold people in their jails at the request of the Trump administration .

The decision from the state's high court will have major implications for immigrants' rights, which groups say are being violated when sheriff's offices comply with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detainers and hold a suspected illegal immigrant for up to 48 hours so the federal agency "can take custody of and deport them."

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The lawsuit contends that "honoring an ICE detainer constitutes an arrest , and Wisconsin law enforcement does not have the authority to make arrests based sole

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