Ice officers encouraged to ‘push the envelope’ with arrests, including of undocumented people encountered by chance
Senior US immigration officials over the weekend instructed rank-and-file officers to “turn the creative knob up to 11” when it comes to enforcement, including by interviewing and potentially arresting people they called “collaterals”, according to internal agency emails viewed by the Guardian.
Officers were also urged to increase apprehensions and think up tactics to “push the envelope” one email said, with staff encouraged to come up with new ways of increasing arrests and suggesting them to superiors.
“If it involves handcuffs on wrists, it’s probably worth pursuing,” another message said.
For every collateral arrest the person who did mistakenly arrest someone needs to go to the same prison for at least the same amount of time, or double. This should reduce the collateral arrests to a minimum.
I mean it sounds very INEFFICIENT to arrest people wrongly. Should be in everyone’s best interest.
Sounds inefficient, but if your goal is to create deep fear and trauma, it’s pretty darn efficient!