floofloof@lemmy.ca to News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months ago'Surreal Moment for America': ICE Agents in Chicago Drag Children Out of Their Homes, Ransack Buildingwww.commondreams.orgexternal-linkmessage-square218fedilinkarrow-up1914arrow-down112file-textcross-posted to: usa@midwest.socialusa@midwest.social
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minus-squaresadfitzy@ttrpg.networklinkfedilinkarrow-up17arrow-down1·2 months agoHow exactly do ICE punks get their authority? They’re not cops, so how can they detain people?
minus-squarefrustrated@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down1·2 months agoThey arent cops but they do derive their authority the same way cops do: the govt imbues them with that authority.
minus-squareNιƙƙιDιɱҽʂ@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·2 months agoICE agents are unfortunately cops.
minus-squareRiotgrrrl@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 months agoFrom what I’ve read, they’re federal agents and according to US law, local and state police and stuff cannot get in the way of federal or something.
How exactly do ICE punks get their authority?
They’re not cops, so how can they detain people?
They arent cops but they do derive their authority the same way cops do: the govt imbues them with that authority.
ICE agents are unfortunately cops.
Even worse! :D
mostly from not being shot on sight
Noemish mischief
From what I’ve read, they’re federal agents and according to US law, local and state police and stuff cannot get in the way of federal or something.