
"ANTI-TRUMP AUDIENCE MEMBER: Michael, I have a question about ICE, and I don't know whether you knew ICE or have had experience with them, but there's heavy recruiting going on right now, and I'm sure they're attracting lots of racist thugs who like nothing better than to zip tie immigrants and march them out into the street in preparation for leaving the country."
"MICHAEL FANONE: No, not at all. I mean, I had very limited interactions with ICE, purposefully so, because traditionally, you know, local law enforcement and ICE didn't interact because, and we didn't participate in immigration enforcement because local law-enforcement agencies are charged with policing and providing public safety to all of the residents of our community. And we have a large immigration population in Washington, D.C., and many of them are undocumented but"
An audience member accused ICE of recruiting racist thugs who zip-tie immigrants and march them into the street, asking whether ICE was always that way. Michael Fanone replied that ICE was not universally like that and said he had very limited interactions with ICE by design. Fanone explained that local law enforcement traditionally avoids immigration enforcement to ensure all residents, including undocumented immigrants, feel safe reporting crimes. He emphasized that protecting witnesses and victims benefits overall community safety and noted that local agencies do not conduct enforcement operations with ICE.
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