The Conversation: Surge of ICE agreements with local police aim to increase deportations, but many police forces have found they undermine public safety

As KitJ recently blogged, state and local agencies have increasingly entered agreements with the U.S. government to cooperate in immigration enforcement operations.  In  Surge of ICE agreements with local police aim to increase deportations, but many police forces have found they undermine public safety for The Conversation, W. Carsten Andresen writes that “[h]istory shows that building the trust of immigrants is an effective tactic in combating local crime and making entire communities safer.”

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