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    Press Play with Madeleine Brand

    How police actually work with ICE

    A feature of sanctuary cities is that local police don’t act as immigration agents. But short of holding people for ICE, police here and elsewhere have been helping in other ways to deport undocumented immigrants.

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    By Madeleine Brand • Feb 28, 2017 • 1 min read

    A feature of sanctuary cities is that local police don’t act as immigration agents. But short of holding people for ICE, police here and elsewhere have been helping in other ways to deport undocumented immigrants.

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    Is LA a sanctuary city or not?
    1. 0:00Does Mayor Garcetti really want to make LA a sanctuary city?
    2. 8:14How police actually work with ICEYou’re reading this
    3. 16:51The outrageous art of Jason Rhoades comes to LA
    4. 26:06Debate intensifies around the future of LA development
    5. 42:42Wild claims made in Measure S mailers
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      Madeleine Brand

      Host, 'Press Play'

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      Sarah Sweeney

      Vice President of Talk Programming, KCRW

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      Anna Scott

      Former KCRW Housing and Homelessness Reporter

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      Managing Producer, 'Press Play'

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      Lewis and Clark College

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    The full episode

    2 of 5
    Is LA a sanctuary city or not?
    1. 0:00Does Mayor Garcetti really want to make LA a sanctuary city?
    2. 8:14How police actually work with ICEYou’re reading this
    3. 16:51The outrageous art of Jason Rhoades comes to LA
    4. 26:06Debate intensifies around the future of LA development
    5. 42:42Wild claims made in Measure S mailers
    Back to Press Play with Madeleine Brand