Ex-watchdogs warn rush to give power to local police in immigration crackdown risks âthreat to civil rightsâ
Critics say Trump administrationâs rapidly expanding system is open to abuse and risks alienating communities from local police Homeland Security watchdogs who were forced out of their jobs warn that the Trump administrationâs âalarmingâ rush to deputize hundreds of local police departments to enforce federal immigration law â while gutting independent oversight â risks âa threat to civil rights nationwide.â When the experienced civil rights watchdogs had their jobs cut last year by the Trump...