CAUGHT: Lamont McClure is lying about his dangerous anti-ICE agenda
Anti-ICE radical Lamont McClure has been caught red-handed lying about his own policy, a bombshell report found.
McClure stated that “we fully cooperate with ICE.” But McClure himself implemented policy that makes it more difficult for law enforcement to work with ICE in Northampton County.
“Lying Lamont McClure’s dangerous anti-ICE agenda is a threat to Pennsylvanians and law enforcement officers. He knows it, and now he’s desperately trying to hide it from voters.” – NRCC Spokeswoman Maureen O’Toole
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Northampton County’s ‘full cooperation’ claim clashes with ICE courthouse restrictions
Broad and Liberty
Todd Shepherd
June 10, 2025
After the Department of Homeland Security kicked up controversy by publishing a list of “sanctuary” governments, Northampton County Executive Lamont McClure (D) reacted with indignation at his county’s inclusion.
“We fully cooperate with ICE,” McClure said in a video aired by a local television station, referring to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
Even though DHS would later take down its list, McClure’s statement — full cooperation — is directly contradicted, however, by previous reporting.
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When reached for comment, Northampton County spokeswoman Jessica Berger provided a statement from McClure which again stressed that “Northampton County fully cooperates” with ICE.
“We believe that undocumented individuals who commit crimes should be deported. That is why we go well beyond what most jurisdictions do: Northampton County honors I.C.E. immigration detainers for up to 48 hours. This is a significant and proactive measure, underscoring our commitment to both public safety and lawful cooperation,” McClure said in his statement.
But Berger did not respond to follow-up questions about the 2020 executive order, and the AP’s description of that order as a “restriction.” She also did not respond to questions as to whether she or McClure ever approached the AP to dispute the “restrictions” characterization. Berger had well over a day to respond to the follow-up questions.
The AP said the executive order at issue “prohibits Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents from arresting people at the county courthouse or jail unless they have provided county officials with a detainer request and then show up with a warrant signed by a federal judge.”
ICE has maintained that a signed federal warrant has never been legally required.
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Jurisdictions that require a judicial warrant for ICE to make courthouse arrests — like Northampton — effectively limit such arrests to individuals who are also facing separate criminal charges. Since most undocumented immigrants are not under criminal prosecution, the policy significantly reduces ICE’s ability to detain them in these settings.
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Rep. Ryan McKenzie, the Republican incumbent of the 7th Congressional District alleged earlier this year that Northampton had been less than cooperative in ICE’s effort to gain custody of “a suspected Venezuelan gang member who was being released from the county prison last month.”
The race for Pennsylvania’s 7th Congressional District against McKenzie is certain to be competitive. Carol Obando-Derstine, a regional affairs director for an electric utility, will face McClure in the Democratic primary.
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