ICE crackdown divides swing state candidates as GOP nominee vows to mandate sheriff cooperation

Wisconsin's two major-party candidates for governor used a general election debate to stake out opposing positions on how much local law enforcement should help federal immigration agents. Republican nominee Tom Tiffany said he would require sheriffs and other agencies to comply with federal immigration detainers, a step he argued lets authorities deport people accused of crimes while they remain in county jails. Pressed on whether he would put that requirement into law, he said he would, according to Fox News.

Democrat David Crowley, who serves as Milwaukee County executive, rejected a blanket prohibition on working with federal authorities and said he agrees that immigrants convicted of crimes should be deported. He proposed limits on ICE: no contracts between local police or sheriffs and the agency, judicial warrants before agents enter jails and prisons, and no masks on agents. Crowley said the aim was protecting civil liberties.

The exchange, hosted by WISN-TV on Wednesday, comes after ICE arrests in Wisconsin jumped this summer as the Trump administration expanded deportations nationwide, a push that has put sheriffs and police departments at the center of clashes between Washington and local governments.

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