By the end of this month, Pennsylvania State Police
officers will be required to file a report any time they call immigration
authorities to the scene of a traffic stop, detailing the circumstances behind
the call, the agency said Wednesday.
This change comes two months after ProPublica and
the Philadelphia Inquirer published an investigation about
state and local police officers in Pennsylvania helping ICE round up immigrants
for deportation, using
tactics that raise questions about racial profiling and unlawful arrest.
The story focused on Pennsylvania state Trooper Luke
C. Macke as an extreme example. In 2017, Macke turned over at least 19
undocumented immigrants to ICE after interrogating them about their legal
status and detaining them for up to four hours without a warrant.
In response to the April investigation, Pennsylvania
Gov. Tom Wolf released a statement calling for “a need for stronger uniform
procedures addressing state police requests for assistance from outside
agencies, including ICE, especially given the new pressure on state and local
agencies from the federal government.”
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