Immigration enforcement agents are posing as local police officers to get information about people they suspect to be illegal immigrants.
It’s legal for an immigration agent to pretend to be a police officer outside someone’s door. But should it be?
During a nationwide operation this month by Immigration and Customs Enforcement, a team of ICE agents in Los Angeles approached the house of a man targeted for deportation. “Good morning, police,” one agent announced in the pre-dawn darkness. A man opened the door moments later. “Good morning, how you doing?