MAGAt Sheriffs "FURIOUS" as Trump Admin poaches deputies to beef up ICE
'This is wrong': MAGA sheriffs furious as Trump admin poaches deputies to beef up ICE
https://www.rawstory.com/trump-ice-2673796574/
Local law police departments and sheriff's offices across the country are being targeted by the Trump administration as ICE scrambles to meet its sky-high recruitment quotas, NBC News reported.
"As it attempts to hire 10,000 new ICE agents, the Trump Administration this week tried recruiting local law enforcement officers away from sheriff’s offices in multiple states, alienating some allies along the way," correspondent Jesse Kirsch posted to X on Thursday.
The Pinellas County Sheriff's Office near Tampa, Florida, told NBC News, “ICE actively trying to use our partnership to recruit our personnel is wrong and we have expressed our concern to ICE leadership." Kirsch noted that Pinellas County Sheriff Bob Gualtieri "is an elected Republican who has been supportive of President Trump."
Sheriff's offices in other states, including Georgia, Texas, and Florida, confirmed to NBC News that the administration has reached out via email to try to recruit deputies in their departments.
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