

Link is a summary of this NYT article (archive.is link). The TLDR is: officers are given the authority to arrest anyone they personally suspect is an illegal immigrant who they think might not be “at the scene” later (e.g. a street corner).
Link fails to mention this:
The memo tells agents who make warrantless arrests to fill out a form afterward that documents the factors they considered in determining that someone was “likely to escape.” That includes situations in which agents set out to arrest a particular person and then take others in the vicinity into custody. Mr. Lyons called that group “collateral aliens.”
This should terrify every American. Group round-ups based on one officer’s vibes that day.




Artistic choice. But good to know.