US cities increasingly compelled to police abuses by immigration agents

A federal agent arrests a man during an immigration enforcement operation in Minneapolis, Minnesota, on Wednesday. Photograph: Mostafa Bassim/Anadolu via Getty Images

Rochelle Bilal, Philadelphia’s sheriff, warned ICE agents last week: “If any of them want to come in this city and commit a crime, you will not be able to hide.

“Nobody will whisk you off,” she said. “You don’t want this smoke, ’cause we will bring it to you.”