Chicago Police Superintendent Reminds the Public ICE Is Law Enforcement and Has Authority Over Citizens
by Antonio Graceffo Jan. 9, 2026 7:20 pm
... U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement is a federal law-enforcement agency within the Department of Homeland Security. ICE agents are sworn federal officers with badges, credentials, and arrest authority granted by Congress under Title 8 and Title 18 of the U.S. Code. ICE is not a civilian regulatory body. Its agents carry firearms, execute warrants, make arrests, conduct criminal investigations, and work jointly with the FBI, DEA, ATF, U.S. Marshals, and state and local police.
ICE agents receive standardized federal law-enforcement training at the Federal Law Enforcement Training Centers, the same system used by most federal agencies. Their training includes constitutional law, use of force and de-escalation, arrest procedures, firearms qualification, defensive tactics, search and seizure, and civil rights protections. They are not contractors, volunteers, or freelancers. They are career federal officers.
While U.S. citizens cannot commit immigration violations, that does not mean ICE lacks authority over citizens. ICE agents may arrest citizens for federal crimes unrelated to immigration, temporarily detain individuals to determine identity or status when reasonable suspicion exists, execute criminal arrest and search warrants, and arrest anyone who assaults, resists, obstructs, or interferes with a federal officer. If a citizen assaults an ICE agent, blocks an arrest, drives into an agent, or refuses lawful orders during an enforcement action, that is a federal crime. Citizenship does not grant immunity from law enforcement.
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement is a federal law-enforcement agency within the Department of Homeland Security. ICE agents are sworn federal officers with badges, credentials, and arrest authority granted by Congress under Title 8 and Title 18 of the U.S. Code. ICE is not a civilian regulatory body. Its agents carry firearms, execute warrants, make arrests, conduct criminal investigations, and work jointly with the FBI, DEA, ATF, U.S. Marshals, and state and local police.
ICE agents receive standardized federal law-enforcement training at the Federal Law Enforcement Training Centers, the same system used by most federal agencies. Their training includes constitutional law, use of force and de-escalation, arrest procedures, firearms qualification, defensive tactics, search and seizure, and civil rights protections. They are not contractors, volunteers, or freelancers. They are career federal officers.
While U.S. citizens cannot commit immigration violations, that does not mean ICE lacks authority over citizens. ICE agents may arrest citizens for federal crimes unrelated to immigration, temporarily detain individuals to determine identity or status when reasonable suspicion exists, execute criminal arrest and search warrants, and arrest anyone who assaults, resists, obstructs, or interferes with a federal officer. If a citizen assaults an ICE agent, blocks an arrest, drives into an agent, or refuses lawful orders during an enforcement action, that is a federal crime. Citizenship does not grant immunity from law enforcement...
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