The number of state and local police officers working with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in the United States has doubled in the last eight months, according to a new report from the advocacy group FWD.us, as reported by NPR National.
The figures come from the report by FWD.us, an immigration reform advocacy group. The group describes itself as working on immigration reform, which means its report comes from an organization with a policy position on the issue. NPR National’s coverage of the findings is the only source reviewed for this article, so the key figures rest on a single outlet’s account of the report.
The available material is a headline and short excerpt. It does not give the exact officer counts before and after the increase, and it does not say which states or cities saw the largest increases. The full report and its methodology were not reviewed.
No response from ICE or from local police agencies was included in the sources available for this article. No independent second source has confirmed the figures.
The sources do not say what follow-up actions are planned. Readers should watch for responses from ICE and police agencies, and for the full details of the FWD.us report, which may clarify the counts and the regional breakdown.
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