ICE (Immigrations and Customs Enforcement) increasingly relies on local government to identify and report "criminal" illegal immigrants to federal authorities.

The trouble is, of course, in the definition of "criminal." For undocumented immigrants, their very being in the USA is, under current law, "criminal." Therefore the effect of the ICE partnership is that local law enforcement can turn in any illegal immigrants to ICE, even if the infraction that brings them to local authorities' attention is as minor as jaywalking. Read More