Victor Avila - ICE

INSIDE TRUMP’S IMMIGRATION CRACKDOWN AS NET WIDENS

The enforcement ramp-up has sparked fear in immigrant communities around the country, with some people avoiding unnecessary outings and keeping children home from school, according to interviews with migrants and advocates. Hospitals, schools and libraries have adopted new policies to limit cooperation with ICE.  The vast majority of people detained by ICE are referred by state and local police or are recent border crossers. The Trump administration has taken steps to make it easier to deputize local law enforcement to aid the deportation effort.  They have also pulled in other federal law enforcement agencies to help with immigration work.  ICE stepped up arrests in late January, picking up 800-1,200 people per day nationwide, far above the 311-person daily average last year. Enforcement tapered off in February as detention space tightened and officers flown to target cities returned home, according to three sources familiar with the matter.

There's a lot of fear out there and it's impacting workplaces across the country.

A retired ICE Supervisory Special Agent.  He is a native El Pasoan who survived a 2011 ambush by cartel members but his partner, Jaime Zapata, did not.  He's the author of the book Agent Under Fire: A Murder and a Manifesto VICTOR AVILA