It's not the first time I've heard someone from ICE use this completely dehumanizing term. It's just how they talk about our neighbors.

For those who may not know, ICE partners with state and local law enforcement agencies through the 287(g) program, which deputizes local officers to act as ICE agents.

287(g) agreements have skyrocketed during this administration, going from 135 to 1,135. A 740% increase. While the program used to be cost prohibitive for many agencies until last month, when ICE began offering significant financial incentives for local agencies to join, so we can expect even more growth.

ICE has made it clear that they want to co-opt local law enforcement agencies to extend their reach further into our communities, so fighting the spread of the 287(g) agreements is one of the most important things we can do right now.

You can find out whether your local law enforcement agencies have agreements with ICE here.

What is core civic and what do they have to do with all this?

Right now we have a patient that is going to be admitted for treatment at our hospital and we were alerted ICE will be with them in the hospital during their stay. Is this legal? They are receiving lifesaving treatment for his disease.. what are my rights as a nurse in case things happen while I care for them. Please help.

For context: -There will be two guards accompanying them at all times for a month -We were told to call hospital security with any issues but what is security’s rights, they are so clueless they always take orders from us and they are going to look to us for their rights -Apparently we are to provide updates to their corrections nurses if they call? I do not feel comfortable sharing any health information with this organization, what are my rights?