Subject: ICE promises....
...to only go after actual criminals, not every brown person on the street....even though that is what they have claimed they are doing all along.
Exclusive-ICE officers in Minnesota directed not to interact with 'agitators' in new orders
...also orders U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers only to target immigrants who have criminal charges or convictions.
That would mark a departure from the broad sweeps that have provoked backlash and legal challenges in Minneapolis and other U.S. cities.
The updated guidance came from Marcos Charles, the top official in ICE's Enforcement and Removal Operations division, the email said. It said officers could only target immigration offenders who had a previous criminal history.
"We are moving to targeted enforcement of aliens with a criminal history," it read. "This includes arrests, not just convictions. ALL TARGETS MUST HAVE A CRIMINAL NEXUS."
Under former President Joe Biden, ICE officers were required to focus on serious criminals, but the Trump administration rescinded that policy, allowing officers to arrest non-criminals without restrictions.
ICE appears to shift gears in Minnesota amid mixed messaging from Trump
The directive, reviewed by Reuters late on Wednesday, also orders ICE officers to only target immigrants who have records of criminal charges or convictions, a departure from earlier tactics that included randomly stopping people on the street to demand documented proof of legal U.S. residence or citizenship.
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Noem and Bovino have always insisted they were conducting a "targeted operation to seize a violent criminal", so is this a real change, or PR? A Cato Institute representative on Amanpour stated that only about 5% of the people ICE has arrested actually have any sort of criminal record. If they only arrest actual criminals, instead of every brown person who doesn't have his "papers" on him at the moment, how are they going to generate the big numbers that MAGA wants to see?
Steve