Several ICE agents were arrested in recent months, showing risk of misconduct
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Investigators say one immigration official abused his girlfriend for years. Another admitted he sexually abused a woman in his custody.

Investigators said one immigration enforcement official got away with physically assaulting his girlfriend for years. Another admitted he repeatedly sexually abused a woman in his custody. A third is charged with taking bribes to remove detention orders on people targeted for deportation.

At least two dozen U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement employees and contractors have been charged with crimes since 2020, and their documented wrongdoing includes patterns of physical and sexual abuse, corruption and other abuses of authority, a review by The Associated Press found.

While most of the cases happened before Congress voted last year to give ICE $75 billion to hire more agents and detain more people, experts say these kinds of crimes could accelerate given the sheer volume of new employees and their empowerment to use aggressive tactics to arrest and deport people.

  • Jessica@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
    301·
    5 days ago

    The fact that the killers of Renee Good and Alex’s Pretti are not behind bars tells us all we need to know about accountability.

    They are going to get away with their sexual and physical abuses. There’s not one democrat in power that would have the balls to come after the individual agents.

    However, with the murders, they can’t run out the clock. It may take some time, but they might actually have to defend themselves in court.

    Calling it right now: The next Democrat administration is going to call for “unity”, “healing”, and worst of all, “Forgiveness”. None of the fascists will be prosecuted, which is why it will come back again.

    • HubertManne@piefed.socialEnglish
      3·
      4 days ago

      Considering all they have done im wondering what the fuck level of evil is actually getting them arrested. Most be some whats grosser than gross trump.

  • dan1101@lemmy.worldEnglish
    9·
    5 days ago

    Violence, murder, and civil rights infringements to go after people who ~70% have no criminal record. Being in the country illegally is a civil offense, not a criminal one. Other civil offenses include slander, libel, and contract breaches.

    This federal government just hates brown people. Put ICE and others on the actual border, defend that. Get rid of all this 100 miles inland crap and harassing everyone who looks brown or who dares to monitor or question the goons.

    If someone ccommits a crime, let state/local enforcement arrest them and if they are not here legally then let them also face due process of federal civil charges of being in the country illegally. We don’t need roving wannabe military beating the bushes in our neighborhoods looking for people here illegally.

    Also, they already got 75 billion dollars of taxpayer money and they have the gall to ask for more money for body cams for a small amount of accountability.