In Oklahoma, local jails and other lock-ups are being used to facilitate about half of the state’s immigration arrests, a new report says.
The findings come from Prison Policy Initiative, a national nonprofit that studies mass incarceration in the United States.
Researchers found that agreements between ICE and local law enforcement have become an essential part of increased deportation efforts under the Trump administration. The collaborations allow state police, troopers and corrections officers to act as local arms of the national immigration enforcement agency, carrying out arrests at a growing rate…