Dozens of recent deportations have been linked to the Los Angeles Police Department's routine fingerprinting practices, raising concerns that the department is indirectly enabling U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) operations despite city policies aimed at limiting cooperation with federal immigration authorities, a new Los Angeles Times report has revealed.
According to the report, the fingerprint data collected by LAPD is automatically shared with federal law enforcement, allowing ICE to identify and target individuals for deportation—even in cases where local charges are dropped or never filed.
