After federal authorities arrested nine individuals in Spokane on Tuesday, some local officials rushed to call it politically motivated – an attempt to silence dissent against President Donald Trump’s immigration agenda – but the county sheriff says some actions have consequences.

The memo instructs ICE employees on how to deport people to countries other than their country of origin, in some cases in as little as six hours.

The asylum-seeker said she crossed the border years after being raped by cartel members, and had regularly checked in at ICE offices as instructed.