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Police in the largest city in Rhode Island are in hot water with municipal investigators in hot water for their alleged existence and behavior Immigration law enforcement Operation.
Providence’s External Review Authority or Pera found Friday that police in the capital of the Ocean State violated a city ordinance against cooperation with ice, while in a July operation involving federal agents.
Pera finds police “inevitably assisted” Ice In carrying out civil immigration enforcement actions,” Go to Wlnea copy of the report was obtained.
Pera’s report claims that police mistakenly established perimeters, gathered intelligence, and assisted universally Ice’s response Pursuing Honduran nationals and accusing fentanyl trafficker Ivan Rene Mendoza-Meza.
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Asked part of the police budget to be allocated to its own civilian committee, a sergeant was selected Help ice When talking to the landlord, please confirm the location of Mendoza-Meza.
The report recommends that Providence Police have developed clearer operational guidelines for situations involving federal agencies and trained with all officials.
Providence police told WLNE in a statement that it reviewed Pera’s report and confirmed that it was making training materials as recommended.
“The Providence Police Department remains committed to equity, accountability and building trust with all members of our community.”
Mendoza-Meza is listed as the “worst” candidate by ICE exist statement He was identified as a “recorded MS-13 gang member” and he was “El Negro”.
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On July 13, he was chasing Mendoza-Meza when a federal agent crashed.
According to reports Boston Globe Report.
However, the Globe further reported that videos at the scene showed police allegedly reviewing photos of a person seen by federal agents inside the residence by talking to the landlord, as well as a police officer Tell one agent “I want your people to catch him; we will help you.”
According to WLNE, Mendoza-Meza was charged with prior trafficking in Fentanyl in Rhode Island in 2023 and filed a lawsuit in two other cases.
City Council President Rachel Miller asked for an external review at the time and noted: “What is this if it wasn’t a cooperation,” claiming that the perception of police officers working with the federal government “has harmed the safety of the entire community.”
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In 2017, the mayor Jorge Elorza The law signed under the Providence Community Relations Act is what the police in Mendoza-Meza were charged with violating.
The statute prohibits police from complying with inter-agency requests to assist in actions “only for the purpose of enforcing federal civil immigration laws.”
Examples of legal provisions include traffic scope for immigration enforcement only, providing documents about prisoners, and allowing the Fed to visit the police department without an arrest warrant.

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