Flouting the Rules

Immigration officials are flat-out ignoring the best practices that US police have honed over the past 50 years, according to police leaders, civil rights advocates, and other experts.

A Troubling Trend

It’s not like these practices are obscure or hard to find – they’re the result of decades of trial and error, and are designed to keep both cops and civilians safe. So, what’s behind this blatant disregard for established protocols? It’s a question that’s got a lot of people scratching their heads, and wondering what’s going on at the top.

Civil rights advocates are calling out immigration agents for their aggressive tactics, which don’t exactly scream ‘community policing’. And police leaders are speaking out against the actions of their immigration counterparts, saying they’re not only ineffective, but also downright harmful.