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ICE Sweeps Stir Nationwide Controversey

Frank Eltman of the Associated Press reports:

Long Island officials complained loudly this week about a series of immigration raids, accusing federal agents of a “cowboy mentality” that could have put local police in harm’s way.

The attack on the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency was so sharp that a congressman stepped in to try and broker a peace.

But such complaints are becoming increasingly common, with local officials from Nevada to Nassau County saying they are fed up with the federal war on illegal immigration. Click herefor the rest of the story.

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