Immigration and Customs Enforcement's crackdown is diverting more than 40,000 non-ICE personnel nationwide from other tasks, according to data cited by the Cato Institute.
The analysis found that from August 5–28, a total of 42,153 people assisted ICE's Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO), including 28,390 from federal law enforcement agencies and more than 13,000 from state and local agencies. By comparison, ICE lists about 6,100 ERO officers, meaning most personnel driving the crackdown work outside the agency.
