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0 pointsgiardini2mo ago0 comments

They do have jurisdiction: they are legally police officers who can enforce all laws: federal laws directly, state & local laws by arresting and passing detainees to state and local authorities.

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defrost2mo ago

False.

They have limited police powers, particularly against actual citizens.

  ICE sees its mission as encompassing both public safety and national security. However, its powers are different than the average local police department in the US.

  Its agents have the power to stop, detain and arrest people they suspect of being in the US illegally. They can detain US citizens in limited circumstances, such as if a person interferes with an arrest, assaults an officer, or ICE suspect the person of being in the US illegally.

  Despite this, according to news organisation ProPublica, there were more than 170 incidents during the first nine months of Trump's presidency in which federal agents held US citizens against their will.

See: https://www.propublica.org/article/immigration-dhs-american-...

Again, consider becoming better informed.

giardiniOP2mo ago

Sorry, dude, they'll arrest you whether you're a citizen or not if they see you commit a crime and they're interested.

FWIW every police officer has "limited police powers" - the statement is vacuous. Federal police don't usually arrest for local law violations, local police don't usually arrest for federal law violations, etc.

So "limited police powers"? Well yes, they won't write a parking ticket, but they'll shoot your ass. I'd be wary of telling people that ICE agents have "limited police powers."

Using the left-leaning screed propublica as a reference is foolish.

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