By Alice Speri and Maryam Saleh
A Tennessee-based journalist who was turned over to U.S.
Immigration and Customs Enforcement after being arrested while covering a
protest won temporary relief from deportation through the end of the
month. But Manuel Duran, who was arrested in April and remains in ICE
custody while a court reviews an appeal in his case, believes he was
targeted because of his coverage of law enforcement’s collaboration with
ICE in Memphis’s Latino community. He and his supporters say his case
is emblematic of a nationwide trend of officials cracking down on
journalists and activists who are critical of immigration enforcement
policies.
Over the last year, a handful of activists from New York to
Washington state have found themselves in the crosshairs of ICE. In some
cases, like Duran’s, they’d had little to no contact with the agency
for years, then found themselves facing deportation shortly after
vocalizing criticism of the Trump administration’s anti-immigrant
crackdown.
Duran’s case also highlights the controversial relationship between
ICE and local law enforcement, and the ways in which ICE can call on
local police to aid immigration enforcement efforts even in the absence
of formal partnerships. While the Shelby County Sheriff’s Office that
detained him claims not to collaborate with ICE, Duran was transferred
to immigration custody in response to a “detainer” request by the agency
— a controversial policy Duran himself had reported on.
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Source: The Intercept_
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