Vigilantes Posing As ICE Agents in Texas? Feds Won’t Comment

From the Austin Statesman:  With widespread reports of immigration raids in Austin multiplying and federal officials refusing to say whether the rumors are true, city and immigrant rights leaders Friday raised the possibility that vigilantes might be impersonating law enforcement officers and terrorizing immigrants and citizens. At a City Hall news conference, they called on government officials to be open about information that might help explain the numerous raid reports sweeping Austin and the region. “I think everyone just wants answers,” Council Member Raul Alvarez said. “If it isn’t the government doing it, who’s to say it’s not some other group that’s doing this and is potentially violating the rights of our citizens?” But a spokeswoman for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement said Friday that the agency remained steadfast in its position of never commenting on its operations as a consideration of officer and public safety. “That’s just policy,” Nina Pruneda said.

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