Minneapolis aside, ICE seems to be winning the respect of local law enforcement officers and a few of their parent organizations. There are now 1,168 agencies with officers trained to help ICE, up from 135 during Joe Biden’s administration, according to analysis by FWD.us, a nonpartisan immigration and criminal justice policy organization. But the interagency love is far from universal – there’s also an internal LEO civil war with police chiefs detracting from the positive vibe.
In Detroit, two officers crossed a line to call federal reinforcements while on the job to translate for them after pulling over a non-English speaker. That tactic got a couple of foot soldiers on the unfortunate radar of Detroit Police Chief Todd Bettison, who first called for termination and then, two days later, settled for a reprimand after the Detroit Board of Police Commissioners pulled rank on him. The officers received a two-week suspension without pay.
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