Park Police’s Secret Role in ICE Arrests Exposed

SAUL LOEB / SAUL LOEB / AFP U.S. Park Police have been pulling over migrant workers in commercial vans and funneling them directly to ICE agents with neither a warrant nor probable cause, court records show. The revelation emerged from a review of filings in a class-action lawsuit against the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) , The Washington Post reported Sunday. The suit alleges DHS broke federal law by making immigration arrests in Washington without warrants. The review—conducted by Capital News Service and the Howard Center for Investigative Journalism at the University of Maryland—identified at least 10 ICE arrests involving Park Police in the D.C. area, at least three targeting workers driving commercial vehicles. Read more at The Daily Beast.