FWD.us Report Says Local Police Partnerships With ICE Have Doubled
A report from immigration reform advocacy group FWD.us indicates that the number of state and local law enforcement officers partnering with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has doubled in the past eight months across the United States.
Sioux Falls, SD, October 28, 2026 —
A report from immigration reform advocacy group FWD.us indicates that the number of state and local law enforcement officers partnering with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has doubled in the past eight months across the United States.
The finding describes a nationwide increase in the number of officers involved in partnerships with the federal agency. The summary of the report does not provide the total number of participating officers, the starting or ending dates for the eight-month period, or a breakdown by state or locality.
Those missing details limit what can be concluded from the reported change. A doubling describes the relative increase, but without the underlying figures it is not possible to determine the scale of the partnerships or how many officers were involved at either point in time. The summary also does not specify what types of partnerships are counted or what activities officers perform through them.
FWD.us is identified in the report summary as an immigration reform advocacy group. No information was provided about the report’s methodology, the data used to calculate the increase, or whether the figures were independently reviewed. The summary does not include statements from ICE, local law enforcement agencies, or other organizations, and it does not describe any response to the finding.
The reported increase is therefore a specific claim attributed to the FWD.us report, rather than a detailed account of how the partnerships changed across individual jurisdictions. Further information about the report’s dates, definitions and underlying counts was not included in the provided summary.
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