donned the disguises<\/a> of utility workers, delivery drivers and other uniformed professionals to carry out Trump’s sweeping deportation campaign.<\/p>\nWhile such tactics are not illegal, former police officers said the apparent misrepresentation at Columbia represented a startling escalation, one that could gravely undermine public trust during the next emergency.<\/p>\n
\u201cIf the police are actually looking for a child in danger, people are now going to be more hesitant to help,\u201d said Michael Alcazar, a retired hostage negotiator with the NYPD. \u201cAlmost immediately, this sort of ICE subterfuge is going to make the job of police officers more difficult.\u201d<\/p>\n
A spokesperson for the Department of Homeland Security, Tricia McLaughlin, has disputed portions of the university\u2019s narrative, claiming the federal agents \u201cverbally identified themselves and visibly wore badges around their necks\u201d and were allowed into the building by a property manager.<\/p>\n
McLaughlin did not respond to repeated questions about whether the agents had used the guise of a missing child to enter the apartment. <\/p>\n
Claire Shipman, the university’s acting president, said on Thursday that security cameras had \u201ccaptured the agents in the hallway showing pictures of the alleged missing child,\u201d adding that the situation was \u201cutterly unacceptable.\u201d<\/p>\n
Columbia has so far declined to release that footage.<\/p>\n
The NYPD also declined to share body camera footage of their response. A department spokesperson said the officers had followed the law by not interfering in an active federal investigation.<\/p>\n
Aghayeva’s arrest has prompted protests at Columbia, along with fear and confusion.<\/p>\n
Her friends said that she was in her final semester on an international student visa, studying neuroscience and politics. In an emergency petition filed Thursday, her attorneys wrote she was not given a reason for the arrest.<\/p>\n
A spokesperson for DHS said Aghayeva\u2019s visa had been terminated in 2016 for failing to attend classes. She remains in removal proceedings despite her release, the spokesperson said.<\/p>\n
Jeffrey Fagan, a law professor at Columbia who studies policing, said research has shown that deceptive tactics by police are especially likely to hurt law enforcement legitimacy when they resulted in an arrest \u201cperceived to be unjustified.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cAnybody looking at this is going to immediately think it’s unjustified,\u201d he said. \u201cSo that will erode trust in a relevant community the next time officers need cooperation.\u201d<\/p>\n
Peter Moskos, a professor of criminal justice at John Jay University and former Baltimore City police officer, agreed. He noted that sanctuary policies were originally meant to enhance public safety by building trust between immigrant communities and police.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe idea is that you would trust the cops and call the cops when you need them and know you wouldn\u2019t be deported,\u201d he said. \u201cBut ICE seems to be doing everything they can to break down trust.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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