If you are an illegal alien criminal and are in jail in a sanctuary city, you will likely be set free even if ICE has placed a hold on you. Why is the city who released the criminal not charged with a federal crime? The feds don't agree with this law so they don't enforce it.
See the contradiction?
Some 276 "sanctuary cities," nearly 50 percent more than previously revealed, released over 8,000 illegal immigrants with criminal records or facing charges free despite federal requests that they be turned over to Immigration and Customs Enforcement for deportation, according to an explosive new report.
The Center for Immigration Studies, revealing new numbers it received under the Freedom of Information Act, said that those releases from cities that ignored federal demands came over just eight months and are just part of an even larger release of 17,000 illegals with criminal records.
http://cis.org/Sanctuary-Cities-Map