COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — Federal immigration officers arrested more than 280 immigrants in Ohio between Dec. 16 and 21, officials announced Thursday.
The arrests were the result of “Operation Buckeye,” Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s targeted enforcement operation conducted in Columbus and around Ohio. The announcement comes one day after Columbus residents protested local ICE operations with a march from the Statehouse to City Hall.
Columbus advocates organized the protest and subsequent candlelight vigil Wednesday night in honor of Renee Good, a 37-year-old shot and killed by an ICE agent in Minnesota hours earlier. Columbus activists on Wednesday told NBC4’s Samantha Bender they were angry, scared and saddened by the shooting.
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The shooting, captured on video, has sparked two different interpretations among officials and members of the public. ICE and the White House said it was an act of self defense after they allege Good drove a vehicle toward the officer. The mayor of Minneapolis and governor of Minnesota said Good did not appear to be trying to hurt the officer, who they allege fired his weapon unlawfully…