From [HERE] Police Department will no longer comply with requests from federal immigration officials to detain illegal immigrants arrested for low-level crimes and wanted for deportation, the Los Angeles Times reports Police Chief Charlie Beck has said. Beck has said that federal immigration policies unfairly target non-violent offenders who are illegal immigrants, the Times reports. The move would affect about 4,000 arrests a year of illegal immigrants who are wanted for deportation, according to the Times.

At a morning news conference, Beck said he hopes to have the new policies in effect by the end of the year, the Times reports. A civilian oversight board must first approve them, according to the news organization. In some arrests, the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency asks LAPD to put a 48-hour hold on detainees in order to give the agency time to start deportation proceedings, the Times reports.