In Memphis, an 'anti-crime' task force quietly turned into an ICE crackdown
politics
According to NPR, a federal task force deployed to Memphis last fall as an anti-crime initiative became a large-scale immigration enforcement operation, resulting in widespread arrests. The majority of those arrested had no criminal convictions. President Trump has expressed interest in expanding this enforcement model to other cities.
Source: https://www.npr.org/2026/07/27/nx-s1-5896284/national-gua...
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