Border Patrol Will Deploy Elite Tactical Agents to Sanctuary Cities

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Last edited Sun Feb 16, 2020, 05:38 PM - Edit history (3)

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/14/us/Border-Patrol-ICE-Sanctuary-Cities.htmlBorder-Patrol-ICE-Sanctuary-Cities.html

https://www.thedailybeast.com/border-patrol-is-sending-tactical-agents-to-make-arrests-in-sanctuary-cities



he specially trained officers are being sent to cities including Chicago and New York to boost the enforcement power of local Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers, according to two officials who are familiar with the secret operation. Additional agents are expected to be sent to San Francisco, Los Angeles, Atlanta, Houston, Boston, New Orleans, Detroit and Newark, N.J.

The move reflects President Trump’s persistence in cracking down on so-called sanctuary cities, localities that have refused to cooperate in handing over immigrants targeted for deportation to federal authorities. It comes soon after the Justice Department and Department of Homeland Security announced a series of measures that will affect both American citizens and immigrants living in those places.

Lawrence Payne, a spokesman for Customs and Border Protection, confirmed that the agency was deploying 100 officers to work with ICE, which conducts arrests in the interior of the country, “in order to enhance the integrity of the immigration system, protect public safety, and strengthen our national security.”

The deployment of the teams will run from February through May, according to an email sent to C.B.P. personnel, which was read to The New York Times by one official familiar with the planning.

[abqtommy]

1. Hmmmm...of course whatever can go wrong with that will.

[mr_lebowski]

2. This is terrible ... also you need a space after html and before The, so your link isn't broke

Also get rid of bracket Link colon, you don't need tags for links on DU.

[struggle4progress]

3. Immigration SWAT teams

By DAVE GOLDINER
NEW YORK DAILY NEWS |
FEB 14, 2020 | 5:45 PM

Immigration SWAT teams are reportedly being redeployed to New York ...

Heavily armed troops will be moved from the southern border to the city to round up immigrants, despite their lack of experience operating in an urban environment where many residents oppose their presence ...

The BORTAC units usually work raiding safe houses and busting dangerous people-smugglers in the sparsely-populated desert badlands along the border with Mexico ...

Just last week, a bystander was shot in the face and wounded by ICE agents .. in Brooklyn.

https://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/ny-immigration-border-swat-sanctuary-20200214-fkldsrbrs5hi3iygqvuuwzgo7i-story.html

[struggle4progress]

4. Immigration agents shot New York man in face during attempted deportation

Mario Koran and agencies
Thu 6 Feb 2020 20.59 EST

US immigration officers in New York shot a man in the face on Thursday as they were attempting to deport another man, who they believed to be in the country illegally ...

The New York Post reports that the shooting victim is 26-year-old Erick Díaz ... The consul general of Mexico in New York said Díaz was in the country legally, according to the New York Daily News ...

The officers did not identify themselves before tackling Avendano-Hernández, the witness told the Post ...

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/feb/06/ice-agents-new-york-shooting-brooklyn

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5. ICE shooting victim preparing lawsuit

By Rose Adams
Posted on February 14, 2020

... First responders rushed Diaz-Cruz to the Maimonides Medical Center ... He underwent several surgeries two days later ...

“Erick came out of surgery around 1:30 pm; surgery that lasted several hours where the bullet he had since Thursday was taken out,” a family member wrote in a Facebook post on Feb. 8. “Surgeons at Maimonides hospital did an excellent job, right now he is in recovery.

... Diaz-Cruz’s family .. is calling on federal authorities and the Attorney General to investigate the shooting, and is working with legal groups to file a lawsuit against ICE ...

ICE representatives did not respond to requests for comment ...

https://www.brooklynpaper.com/ice-shooting-victim-in-gravesend-preparing-lawsuit-against-feds/