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Federal agents in the Twin Cities lately have been conducting more targeted immigration arrests at homes and neighborhoods, rather than staging in parking lots. The convoys have been harder to find and less aggressive.
At the same time, Gov. Kathy Hochul has proposed to ban local police departments from signing cooperation agreements to assist ICE.
Commissioners listened to public comment but did not respond during the discussion, and no resolution related to ICE was introduced.
As ICE and Border Patrol agents increasingly work alongside one another nationwide, it's often become difficult to tell them apart.
ICE says a recruit for the New Orleans Police Department was in the U.S. illegally and not authorized to carry a firearm. He is now in federal custody pending removal proceedings.
East Grand Rapids commissioners are considering a resolution that looks to limit the city's cooperation with federal immigration enforcement.
ICE's budget hovered around $10 billion for years. But President Trump and the Republican-controlled Congress are taking the agency's funding to unprecedented levels.
Americans overwhelmingly say it is acceptable to record immigration arrests. Most also say it’s unacceptable for ICE, CBP officers to hide their identities.
This comes amid protests throughout the U.S. regarding Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents conducting immigration crackdown operations.