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A dispute over illegal immigration has turned ugly in Westchester, with a leader of the Board of Legislators accusing County Executive Rob Astorino of acting like a Nazi.

Majority Leader Catherine Borgia (D-Ossining) took issue with comments Astorino made while vetoing a bill that would have protect undocumented immigrants from deportation.

Astorino deried the bill as a Sanctuary County plan.

Its the classic `Big Lie technique. All clever Nazis use it, Borgia said in an Aug. 16 email obtained by The Post.

In the email, Borgia was looking for votes to override Astorinos veto.

The legislation would have blocked county police and other local officials from communicating with federal authorities solely on civil immigration matters.

It came on the heels of President Trump and US Attorney Jeff Sessions push to deport illegal immigrants.

Supporters insist the measure complies with federal law and argue that county law enforcement officials should not act as immigration officials.

But Astorino, a Republican, said such a law would hinder law enforcement and jeopardize the countys federal funding.

Astorino said the bill endangers public safety, violates federal law, infringes upon long-established principles of law enforcement cooperation and jeopardizes millions in federal public safety grants.

While he said hes working on an executive order to ease fears of undocumented immigrants that they will be deported if they report crimes or seek medical assistance, all bets are off for those who are arrested for crimes.

If you end up in jail for committing a crime, and youre not here legally, were not providing a sanctuary for you, Astorino said.

Borgia defended her comments when contacted by The Post.

Perhaps I should have been more clear: the `big lie was a classic propaganda technique used very successfully by the Nazis, she said. This is in no way a sanctuary county bill, as it fully complies with federal law. You can call something by the wrong name again and again and again but that does not make it more accurate. My dog is not a cat, even if I feed him catnip and call him `kitty every day for 10 years.

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Soccer star Lukas Podolski is considering legal action against Breitbart News for using a photo of him in an article about illegal immigration, according to a new report.

BBC News reports Podolski, who starred on the German national team during their championship run in the 2014 FIFA World Cup, has consulted with his lawyer about the matter.

The far-right website posted astory,titled Spanish Police Crack Gang Moving Migrants on Jet-Skis, on Friday with a photo of Podolski riding a jet-ski as the lead image.

Hey @BreitbartNews, that's actually Lukas Podolski, one of the finest footballers in the world https://t.co/DwHXE7BD1s pic.twitter.com/nR6aK3sTrI

Breitbart has since replaced the photo and added a correction to the bottom of their story.

A previous version of this story included an image of Lukas Podolski on a jet ski. This image appeared as an illustration of a person on a jet ski, the editors note reads. Breitbart London wishes to apologize to Mr. Podolski. There is no evidence Mr. Podolski is either a migrant gang member,nor being human trafficked.

We wish Mr.Podolski well in his recently announced international retirement.

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Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is sounding the alarm on the growing flood of immigrants entering Canada.

"Canada is an opening and welcoming society, but let me be clear. We are also a country of laws," Trudeau said in remarks after a meeting in Montreal with Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar.

"Entering Canada irregularly is not an advantage," the prime minister doubled down. "There are rigorous immigration and customs rules that will be followed. Make no mistake."

Illegal border crossings to Canada spiked in July, reaching more than triple June's 884 crossings. Most immigrants enter through Quebec.

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President Trump in January put a hold on refugees to the United States and barred travelers from several countries infected with terrorism. In the wake of the president's move, Trudeau offered assistance and asylum to refugees.

"To those fleeing persecution, terror & war, Canadians will welcome you, regardless of your faith," The prime minister tweeted. "Diversity is our strength #WelcomeToCanada."

Now, however, the prime minister is concerned about the growing number of mostly Haitian illegal immigrants leaving the U.S. in response to Trump's tough immigration policies.

"Our rules, our principles and our laws apply to everyone," Trudeau warned.

Earlier this year, Fox News reported from the Canadian border, talking to authorities about the influx of illegal crossings by those seeking refugee protections.

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The tactic would be a major step toward marrying local and federal law enforcement, a centerpiece of Mr. Trumps plan to thwart illegal immigration and one that immigrant advocates have scrambled to block at every opportunity. If enough sheriffs participated, the approach could lead to many more immigration arrests, which have already risen more than 40 percent since last year.

Since Mr. Trump was inaugurated, ICE has issued roughly 11,000 detainers a month, a 78 percent increase over the previous year. The agency declined to make data available on the number of detainers that are currently declined by sheriffs and other local departments. Even under President Barack Obama, detainers created friction between ICE and sheriffs departments because hundreds of them have policies against honoring the requests.

But the Trump administrations promises to deport more undocumented immigrants, particularly those with criminal records, have resonated with many sheriffs across the country, and the plan may serve cut through unlikely tension between the two groups. Mr. Trump and Attorney General Jeff Sessions have sparred repeatedly with jurisdictions that do not honor detainers, even where local officials support an immigration crackdown.

Sheriff Richard Stanek of Hennepin County, Minn., a Republican, found his jurisdiction included in ICEs periodically distributed list of places that do not honor detainers, alongside well-known sanctuary cities like Los Angeles and Chicago. The administration discontinued publishing the list after he and other sheriffs complained, but the sheriffs say the sting has been lasting.

We raised holy hell, Sheriff Stanek said. We said: Were your allies. Why are you shooting at us?

ICE issues detainers for roughly 1,000 people in his jail each year, Sheriff Stanek said, and roughly two-thirds are ultimately freed before ICE agents can arrive to arrest them.

Sheriff Stanek said he would like to honor the detainers, but would do so only if the plan was approved by the courts. We want to find a way to say yes, he said.

Sheriffs are seen as particularly important allies in immigration enforcement. They operate 85 percent of the nations jails and have ready access to the most desirable candidates for deportation: undocumented immigrants with criminal records or charges. Immigration arrests that are made in jails are also safer and require fewer resources.

ICE sends detainers to jails when it becomes aware that someone suspected of being an undocumented immigrant is being held on a criminal charge because the persons name or fingerprints match those of someone ICE has previously arrested or deported.

But since defendants can post bail or otherwise win their freedom at almost any hour, they are often released before ICE agents can arrive to take them to immigration detention centers. To address that, detainers ask that these people be held for up to an additional 48 hours.

The practice has raised a number of legal issues, many of which hinge on that crucial period. Under federal law, sheriffs cannot make immigration arrests because they are civil in nature, and sheriffs enforce criminal law. As a result, judges have found that jailing people during that gap constitutes an unlawful seizure, in violation of the Fourth Amendment.

Under the proposed legal tactic, ICE and the sheriff would sign a contract that pays the sheriffs department a daily fee to hold the immigrant until ICE can take the person into custody. The legal argument is that the arrangement effectively makes the immigrant a detainee of ICE, not the sheriffs department, and allows the sheriff to hold the person on a noncriminal charge.

Its a seamless transition, said Sheriff Bob Gualtieri of Pinellas County, Fla. They are immediately in ICE custody. And what ICE does with them, thats up to ICE. Thats not our business.

It was Sheriff Gualtieri, who is also a lawyer, who devised the reasoning behind the new tactic and presented it to ICE.

He unveiled the plan in a presentation to the National Sheriffs Association at its annual convention in June. Several sheriffs who were present described the reaction as one of excitement and relief.

Sheriff Gualtieri, as well as Sheriff Stanek, Sheriff Mark Dannels of Cochise County, Ariz., and Sheriff Greg Champagne of St. Charles Parish, La., who was president of the National Sheriffs Association when the discussions began, have all traveled to Washington or corresponded with the Trump administration to discuss the new approach.

Sheriff Gualtieri said ICE officials had told him that the plan would begin with a pilot program in Florida, and be expanded nationwide eventually. Although the sheriffs said it was expected to be announced after Labor Day, the ICE spokeswoman, Sarah Rodriguez, said, ICE continues to explore a variety of options that address the concerns of our sheriff partners when honoring ICE detainers.

Lawyers who have fought cases involving detainers question whether the courts would approve of the plan.

Its a kind of window dressing on the same practice, said Omar Jadwat, the director of the American Civil Liberties Unions immigrants rights project. It doesnt really change the legal analysis.

Mr. Jadwat and other advocates raised concerns that the plan would be a return to the days when local law enforcement and the immigration authorities worked hand in glove, sometimes leading to overzealous policing and racial profiling.

I do fear that, particularly in localities that dont have laws in place limiting this practice, that youre going to have sheriffs who are going to see the dollar signs and feel that maybe this is lawful to do ICEs bidding, said Mark Fleming, a lawyer for the National Immigrant Justice Center in Chicago.

Some states have policies or court rulings that could stop sheriffs from signing up under the proposed plan. The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court ruled last month that local law enforcement officials did not have the authority to comply with ICE detainers. Gov. Charlie Baker, a Republican, quickly proposed legislation that would provide authority in cases where detainees were charged with serious crimes.

Gov. Bruce Rauner of Illinois, a Republican, is under pressure from advocates for immigrants to sign a bill passed by the legislature that would severely limit the ability of law enforcement agencies to honor detainers. Similar laws are in place in California and Connecticut.

Sheriffs who honor detainers continue to face consequences in court. Last month, a Virginia judge ordered the state to pay more than $20,000 in damages and legal fees because an undocumented immigrant was held beyond his scheduled release date on a drunken-driving charge.

Even in the face of scrutiny, many sheriffs say that they are desperate for a legal means to honor detainers, and that ignoring the requests is not just a moral complication but a political one. After the sheriffs office in Newport News, Va., was listed on the report of declined detainers, Sheriff Gabriel Morgan was flooded with phone calls and emails from constituents who demanded to know why he was not cooperating with ICE.

Youre giving me a detainer thats not worth the paper its written on in my courts, he said. Then you are trying to say Im not looking out for public safety.

Well, Sheriff Morgan said, thats problematic.

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A version of this article appears in print on August 22, 2017, on Page A12 of the New York edition with the headline: Expanding the Deportation Dragnet.

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>>The many ways people have attempted to enter the United States.

>>The many ways people have attempted to enter the United States.

A look at some of the ways that humans are smuggled across the border and into the United States.

Those coming into the country looking for a better life, comparably better wages, and promised personal freedom can find themselves lodged into secret compartments in cars, vans, and heavy-duty trucks in an effort to get over the border.

A look at some of the ways that humans are smuggled across the border and into the United States.

Those coming into the country looking for a better life, comparably better wages, and promised personal freedom

With the immigration debate poised to play a major role in the coming presidential election we look at some of the ways that humans are smuggled across the border and into the United States.

Those coming into the country looking for a better life, comparably better wages, and promised personal freedom can find themselves lodged into secret compartments in cars, vans, and heavy-duty trucks in an effort to get over the border.

With the immigration debate poised to play a major role in the coming presidential election we look at some of the ways that humans are smuggled across the border and into the United States.

Those coming into

With the immigration debate poised to play a major role in the coming presidential election we look at some of the ways that humans are smuggled across the border and into the United States.

Those coming into the country looking for a better life, comparably better wages, and promised personal freedom can find themselves lodged into secret compartments in cars, vans, and heavy-duty trucks in an effort to get over the border.

With the immigration debate poised to play a major role in the coming presidential election we look at some of the ways that humans are smuggled across the border and into the United States.

Those coming into

With the immigration debate poised to play a major role in the coming presidential election we look at some of the ways that humans are smuggled across the border and into the United States.

Those coming into the country looking for a better life, comparably better wages, and promised personal freedom can find themselves lodged into secret compartments in cars, vans, and heavy-duty trucks in an effort to get over the border.

With the immigration debate poised to play a major role in the coming presidential election we look at some of the ways that humans are smuggled across the border and into the United States.

Those coming into

With the immigration debate poised to play a major role in the coming presidential election we look at some of the ways that humans are smuggled across the border and into the United States.

Those coming into the country looking for a better life, comparably better wages, and promised personal freedom can find themselves lodged into secret compartments in cars, vans, and heavy-duty trucks in an effort to get over the border.

With the immigration debate poised to play a major role in the coming presidential election we look at some of the ways that humans are smuggled across the border and into the United States.

Those coming into

With the immigration debate poised to play a major role in the coming presidential election we look at some of the ways that humans are smuggled across the border and into the United States.

Those coming into the country looking for a better life, comparably better wages, and promised personal freedom can find themselves lodged into secret compartments in cars, vans, and heavy-duty trucks in an effort to get over the border.

With the immigration debate poised to play a major role in the coming presidential election we look at some of the ways that humans are smuggled across the border and into the United States.

Those coming into

With the immigration debate poised to play a major role in the coming presidential election we look at some of the ways that humans are smuggled across the border and into the United States.

Those coming into the country looking for a better life, comparably better wages, and promised personal freedom can find themselves lodged into secret compartments in cars, vans, and heavy-duty trucks in an effort to get over the border.

With the immigration debate poised to play a major role in the coming presidential election we look at some of the ways that humans are smuggled across the border and into the United States.

Those coming into

With the immigration debate poised to play a major role in the coming presidential election we look at some of the ways that humans are smuggled across the border and into the United States.

Those coming into the country looking for a better life, comparably better wages, and promised personal freedom can find themselves lodged into secret compartments in cars, vans, and heavy-duty trucks in an effort to get over the border.

With the immigration debate poised to play a major role in the coming presidential election we look at some of the ways that humans are smuggled across the border and into the United States.

Those coming into

A woman was found inside a Chevy pickup's hidden compartment.

A woman was found inside a Chevy pickup's hidden compartment.

See some of the biggest recent cases and players in the world of sex trafficking.

See some of the biggest recent cases and players in the world of sex trafficking.

Gerardo "El Gallo" Salazar is seen in an undated courtesy photo provided by the FBI. He was considered by authorities in Houston to have been the region's most wanted human trafficker.

Gerardo "El Gallo" Salazar is seen in an undated courtesy photo provided by the FBI. He was considered by authorities in Houston to have been the region's most wanted human trafficker.

The former Las Palmas II in the 5600 block of Telephone Rd. was a brothel and cantina used by sex traffickers, Friday, Oct. 11, 2013, in Houston. (Cody Duty / Houston Chronicle)

The former Las Palmas II in the 5600 block of Telephone Rd. was a brothel and cantina used by sex traffickers, Friday, Oct. 11, 2013, in Houston. (Cody Duty / Houston Chronicle)

A worker completes the demolition of La Costeita bar which was a location for a human trafficking ring shown on Thursday, Dec. 12, 2013, in Houston. ( Mayra Beltran / Houston Chronicle )

A worker completes the demolition of La Costeita bar which was a location for a human trafficking ring shown on Thursday, Dec. 12, 2013, in Houston. ( Mayra Beltran / Houston Chronicle )

Officers arrive in yet another visit to the cantina, for years considered a haven for human trafficking in Houston.

Officers arrive in yet another visit to the cantina, for years considered a haven for human trafficking in Houston.

Mayor Annise Parker speaks during a news conference at City Hall announcing an Anti-human trafficking campaign, Tuesday, June 3, 2014, in Houston. (Cody Duty / Houston Chronicle)

Mayor Annise Parker speaks during a news conference at City Hall announcing an Anti-human trafficking campaign, Tuesday, June 3, 2014, in Houston. (Cody Duty / Houston Chronicle)

60 illegal immigrants found in cold produce truck

After the high-profile and tragic deaths of immigrants locked inside trailers in sweltering heat, at least some smugglers have switched tactics.

Border patrol agents announced they found 60 immigrants inside a refrigerated truck early Saturday morning. The immigrants were found on pallets of produce that were coated in a layer of ice. The truck's internal temperature was measured at 49 degrees Fahrenheit, according to KRISTV.

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The group contained 22 Guatemalans, 17 Mexicans, 13 Salvadorans and 8 Hondurans. Medical attention was given before they were transferred to the Falfurrias station to be processed. The driver of the truck was arrested and faces federal charges, according to telemundo47.

Last month three dozen people, 10 of whom died, were found in a truck trailer in a Wal-Mart parking lot in San Antonio. The deaths were reminiscent of a 2003 case in Victoria, Texas, in which 19 immigrants died. When Texas heat can reach heat indexes of over 100 degrees, the temperature inside these trucks can quickly become deadly.

Scroll through the gallery above for a look at some of the many ways immigrants have attempted to enter the United States.

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