The U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agency is set to launch a six-week "Citizens Academy" course on immigration enforcement, which will include training for citizens on how to arrest undocumented immigrants.
A letter published online by The St. Louis Inter-Faith Committee on Latin America (IFCLA) appears to show ICE Chicago Field Office Director Robert Guadian inviting shareholders to participate in the course, which includes six days of training over a six-week period starting in September.
"You have been identified as a valued member of the community who may have interest in participating in the inaugural class of the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) Chicago Citizens Academy," the letter states.
Noting that the program is "the first of its kind," Guadian states that the program will "serve as a pilot for nationwide implementation."
During the training, stakeholders would receive training on a number of "facets and responsibilities of ICE/ERO operations," he says.
Included in the course would be training in "defensive tactics, firearms familiarization and targeted arrests."
The training would be "scenario-based," he states, adding that exercises would be "conducted in a safe and positive environment."
Read more: https://www.newsweek.com/ice-launching-citizens-academy-course-how-agency-arrests-immigrants-1516656
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if this had been available for kathryn steinle then she might still be alive
what they need to do is stop the illegals for entering that's it.
This isn't brand new. ICE already has graduates of this successful program. See ICE's press release from November 2019: https://www.ice.gov/news/releases/ice-hsi-seattle-partners-communit...
that is very interesting.