The Obama administration has deployed Secure Communities in 544 jurisdictions in 27 states, including every county along the southern border.
In a modern twist, Rhode Island asked the federal court to use its admiralty and maritime jurisdiction to secure the wrecks and declare the state the owner.
The council members are hoping to stop Secure Communities in the jurisdiction before it starts.
"ICE has determined that a [memorandum of agreement] is not required to activate or operate Secure Communities for any jurisdiction," Immigration and Customs Enforcement head John Morton wrote in a letter to governors.
Most of the republican leaders remain intent on securing home-rule jurisdiction, but there are some dissident unionists who want to stay under London's authority and have no compunction about scuttling the peace deal.
Also in 1148, Pope Eugene decided in favour of Canterbury and against the claims of St David's, securing Canterbury's jurisdiction over Wales.
PEP is meant to replace the Secure Communities program, which the jurisdictions declining to fully cooperate with ICE have partially rejected.
State lawmakers in Illinois and California introduced bills this month to create an opt-out process for Secure Communities that would allow jurisdictions to decide whether to participate.
Frustrated by what they saw as the federal government's repeated failure to secure the border, some local jurisdictions in the U.S. took matters into their own hands, with the help of Kobach.
In a letter to the agency, Gov. Quinn wrote on Wednesday that Illinois police would no longer participate in Secure Communities and that all jurisdictions within the state would terminate their relationships with the DHS program.
