How police actually work with ICE

Feb. 28, 2017

A feature of sanctuary cities is that local police don’t act as immigration agents. But short of holding people for ICE, police here and elsewhere have been helping in other ways to deport undocumented immigrants.

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Credits

Guest:

Elliott Young - Lewis and Clark College - @elliottyoungpdx

Host:

Madeleine Brand

Producers:

Sarah Sweeney, Anna Scott, Jolie Myers, Christian Bordal, Amy Ta, Michell Eloy

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