Law enforcement in Kandiyohi County hopes to ease fears over new ICE agreement

Law enforcement in Kandiyohi County hopes to ease fears over new ICE agreement

WILLMAR — Local law enforcement officials want to ease the fear in the immigrant community, saying nothing has changed with local policing despite a new agreement with federal immigration authorities. The new agreement will affect only undocumented immigrants who end up in the Kandiyohi County Jail — and only if U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement requests a detainer before the undocumented immigrants are released from the jail. The Kandiyo…