A half-dozen local law enforcement agencies – Cheektowaga police, in particular – are cooperating with federal agents as they round up migrants. Sheriff offices in Erie and Niagara counties are also working with ICE and the Border Patrol.
The Cheektowaga Police Department heads the list of a half-dozen local law enforcement agencies that are cooperating with federal agencies to detain and deport migrants.
So far this year, police in the Buffalo suburb have turned over at least 21 people to federal immigration agents after detaining them for low-level offenses like shoplifting…