From Fox News: Rhode Island Democrats have introduced a bill that would bar police departments from hiring ICE agents brought on during President Donald Trump’s second term, escalating the state’s pushback against federal immigration enforcement.
Immigration enforcement agents, including those within ICE, have come under fire in recent months from Democratic lawmakers and governors opposed to the tactics involved in Trump’s mass deportation agenda, which the president has said are necessary due to the open-border effects of the Biden era.
In Rhode Island, companion bills in the House and Senate dubbed the ICE OUT Act would amend the Law Enforcement Officers’ Due Process Accountability and Transparency Act to add a section denoting the new restriction.
“A law enforcement agency… shall not employ any individual who was hired as a sworn officer of the United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement Agency on or after January 20, 2025,” the bill reads.
Democratic state Rep. Karen Alzate is the bill’s top sponsor in the Rhode Island state House.
If approved, the policy would take effect in October 2026, but would not affect any officers already hired out of ICE’s ranks.
Democrat state Rep. Joshua Giraldo has introduced a separate bill that would ban ICE from being within 200 feet of a polling place.
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