Mayor Craig Greenberg said he made the decision after speaking with local immigrant leaders, who expressed concern about the risks of remaining on the federal sanctuary city list.

Greenberg said Metro Corrections will join the rest of Kentucky and return to the pre-2017 practice of giving federal immigration officials a 48-hour notice before certain undocumented inmates are released.

Louisville, Kentucky, ended its sanctuary city policies following a “strong written warning” from the Department of Justice. “In a major victory for the Department of Justice, the city of Louisville is dropping its sanctuary city policies as a result of a strong written warning from my office,