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ICE allegedly tells officers not to arrest immigrants without convictions or pending cases
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers were allegedly instructed not to arrest immigrants who have no criminal conviction or pending criminal case. The alleged policy could also end the detention of undocumented immigrants encountered while officers are searching for another suspect.
ICE sources allegedly said that officers with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) were instructed not to arrest immigrants who have no criminal conviction or pending criminal case.
Under the alleged policy, immigrants with a criminal conviction or pending criminal case could still be arrested. However, people with final deportation orders but no criminal conviction or pending case would not be arrested.
Detention of undocumented immigrants could end
The alleged change could end a practice allowing ICE officers to detain other people without legal status whom they encounter while pursuing someone suspected of committing a crime.
The change emerged as scrutiny of the Donald Trump administration’s immigration policies and ICE operations intensified. Some ICE officers objected to the measure, while one officer suggested it could be intended to lower tensions ahead of the upcoming midterm elections.
Another ICE employee argued that the new practice would lead to a decline in the number of arrests. The officers’ assessments raised an unverified claim that the change could be linked to political considerations.
Body-camera directive after incident in Texas
The alleged change emerged about a week after an ICE officer shot and wounded a Venezuelan national during an attempted traffic stop in Texas.
The officer, who was hired by ICE last year and had previously worked for another federal law enforcement agency, was wearing a body camera but did not activate it during the incident. ICE subsequently reminded officers that they must activate their body cameras during operations.
A federal judge ordered Venezuelan national Wilber Rafael Garces Perez to appear in court on Sept. 30. The ruling temporarily blocked Perez’s deportation.
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