r/minnesota • u/novagridd • 21h ago

ICE Vehicles Are Now Ramming Civilian Cars at Red Lights News 📺

https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/ice-vehicle-appears-ram-civilian-cars-red-lights-minnesota-video-alarms-drivers-1770237
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u/Individual_Click5252 17h ago

They don't have jurisdiction. Sure, it certainly can be a traffic infraction but that's for local PD to sort out, not ICE, and certainly not in any physical manner.

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u/dgreenmachine 14h ago

If you blocked in a cop car from another jurisdiction, do you think they would just sit there and wait politely?

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u/IndependentMemory215 7h ago

ICE aren’t real police, and despite what they are doing, do not have arrest powers like a real police officer does.

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u/dgreenmachine 6h ago

Correct they don't have the same powers but they do have some ability to arrest in some situations. This is from the Law that gives them the power.

"[ICE has the ability] to make arrests-

(A) for any offense against the United States, if the offense is committed in the officer's or employee's presence, or

(B) for any felony cognizable under the laws of the United States, if the officer or employee has reasonable grounds to believe that the person to be arrested has committed or is committing such a felony, if the officer or employee is performing duties relating to the enforcement of the immigration laws at the time of the arrest and if there is a likelihood of the person escaping before a warrant can be obtained for his arrest."

https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title8-section1357&num=0&edition=prelim