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The Small-Town Cop Who Helped ICE Deport His Neighbors
In Ingram, Texas, a town still recovering from a devastating flood, the local police department joined ICE's 287(g) deportation program. Within a year, officers handed over deportations amounting to roughly 10% of the town's population, effectively targeting their own neighbors. The story is drawing attention to how small-town police forces are becoming agents of federal immigration enforcement, and the community toll it can take.
Why now: The scale of deportations from one small town and the local policing choice driving them is striking to readers amid ongoing debate over ICE's 287(g) program.
Ingram, TexasICE287(g) programProPublica
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- The Small-Town Cop Who Helped ICE Deport His Neighbors · ProPublica
Ingram, Texas, was just rebuilding from a devastating flood when its tiny police department enrolled in ICE’s 287(g) deportation program. Within a year, cops would hand over the equivalent of 10% of the town.
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