US EditionICE Uses Disguises and Fake Plates for Immigration Enforcement in Minnesota
ICE agents use disguises and fake license plates in Minnesota to avoid detection amid growing community monitoring by immigrant rights groups, officials say.
- U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in Minnesota disguised themselves as construction workers and used vehicles with bogus license plates.
- Supporters say volunteer ICE-tracking activists in Minneapolis forced agents to adapt, and the border czar said the enforcement operation will continue, recent weeks.
- After the encounter she memorized a license plate and entered it into a crowdsourced activist database used to track vehicles, including a Ford seen near the federal building.
- Legal observers note the American Civil Liberties Union warned the tactics invite public distrust and raise constitutional concerns about impersonation, citing past lawsuits and a Los Angeles settlement.
- DHS and ICE, when asked, did not respond, as experts describe agents' deception tactics as a `more extreme degree`, with vehicle markers complicating identification.
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