Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Agent Deaths in the Line of Duty

Last week, President Trumptweeted that Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents were going to soon launch a major operation to arrest and deport illegal immigrants inside of the United States.   On Saturday, President Trump reversed himself and said that he is going todelay the operation.   TheWashington Examiner is now reporting that the operation is canceled permanently because acting Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kevin McAleenan leaked the details, thus removing the element of surprise and putting the “public at risk and law enforcement officers in harm ’s way” according to Brandon Judd, the head of the National Border Patrol Council. Mr. Judd may be correct that the leaked details of the proposed raids would put ICE agent at increased risk of harm.   After all, one of our findings was that harsher local immigration enforcement through local287(g) agreements in North Carolina increased the number of assaults against police officers without any other effects on crime.   More enforcement by itself increases the risk to ICE agents.  What remains unclear in Judd’s statement and others is the degree to which the potential danger would increase for ICE agents.  To estimate that requires understanding the degree of danger that ICE agents currently face on the job or have faced historically.  Thus, this post estimates the annual chance of an ICE agent dying in the line of duty.  Data for the number of ICE agents come from the Office of Personn...
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