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Well how about that? (ani.social)

submitted 2 days ago by GolfFoxtrotLima@ani.social to c/liberalgunowners@lemmy.world

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NRA been quiet right

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[–] Septimaeus@infosec.pub 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Many but likely small as a percentage, since most departments and unions have strict rules re: dual employment, and most wouldn’t give up their benefits for a temp federal gig.

By contrast, the group that is by most accounts way over-represented among new ICE recruits are wannabe cops (rejected applicants, academy dropouts, and disgraced former cops) which if nothing else puts in perspective the nationwide trend of police impersonation by ICE agents described above.

[–] anomnom@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

It’s not a dual role, it’s partnering with ICE at a state or county level. As of last August around 1600 local departments were doing that.

https://themarkup.org/tools/2025/04/16/law-enforcement-ice-cooperation-tracker

[–] Septimaeus@infosec.pub 1 points 1 day ago

Ah sorry I misunderstood your meaning before. Definitely a huge number of 287(g) agreements in Texas, and both Florida and Georgia went so far as to pass legislation forcing all county, municipal, and state agencies to sign the agreement. The rest appear to skew toward sheriff departments in select counties of purple and red states, which I guess is predictable.

Still, it is a small fraction of PDs in the US (~9%) even with those 3 big red states officially “all in,” since there are ~17,600 local and state law enforcement agencies in the US.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Law_enforcement_in_the_United_States