NEW: ICE on Friday installed bold black and red WANTED billboards across the key swing state of Pennsylvania.
Current & former ICE officials, along w/ legal experts, said it appeared to be an attempt to help Trump.
"This is creating such a dog whistle”
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The move is the latest salvo in the wars over so-called “sanctuary cities.”
The administration has released “reports” on counties with sanctuary policies and has tried, often unsuccessfully, to sue them and strip them of federal funds.
This latest effort, however, was viewed by some as inappropriately politically motivated: 1 month before the election the agency paid for the billboards in a crucial state, and one where President Trump was down 9 percent among likely voters in a recent Washington Post-ABC poll.
Quotes from current/former ICE employees:
“This is not what a responsible government agency with power and force should be doing."
"“The tactic is unusual, clearly political, and disappointing given the timing."
"The administration almost seems to regard all of DHS as an arm of the Trump campaign these days.”
“It’s appalling, but so much about immigration enforcement under this administration has been for that purpose alone.”
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