Federal agents have carried out a series of arrests across Milwaukee County in recent days, and some of their tactics appear to conflict with city and county ordinances designed to limit immigration enforcement activity.
Video from Monday morning shows masked federal agents surrounding a car outside a barbershop on Milwaukee’s south side, handcuffing and arresting a man. However, a Milwaukee city ordinance prohibits law enforcement officers from wearing face coverings.
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One man caught up in the enforcement activity, Galo Suárez, says he, his fiancée and her brother were chased by masked federal agents Sunday near the El Rey on 13th Street.
“They broke our side window, and they told us that if we didn’t comply, we would face several heavy consequences,” Suárez said.
Suárez says he has working papers to be in the U.S. and that his fiancée has the same…