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Noon Wednesday: ICE Operations Not Targeting Wisconsin

By Marisa Wojcik | Here & Now

October 23, 2020

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Immigration and Customs Enforcement has announced plans to ramp up targeted arrests in “sanctuary cities” after putting business as usual on hold during the COVID-19 pandemic. Erin Barbato, director of the Immigrant Justice Clinic at the UW-Madison Law School, says Wisconsin is not on ICE’s list of targets, for now.

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