Trump admin. to deploy 100 tactical Border Patrol officers to work with ICE in 10 so-called sanctuary cities across the country, a senior official with the Dept. of Homeland Security says.
A senior DHS official said the cities targeted in the deployment were New York City, Chicago, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Atlanta, Houston, Boston, New Orleans, Detroit and Newark, New Jersey. The deployment will run from February to May, according to the official.A DHS official said that CBP agents and officers in the deployment come from different sectors and that some have been trained in tactical operations.
The Justice Department was also seeking to halt a recent local policy in King County, Washington's most populous county, which prevents ICE from using a county airport for deportation flights.
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