AMSTERDAM - ICE arrested 17 undocumented men after a traffic stop by Amsterdam city police. Immigration attorneys said the number arrested a week ago reflects an increase nationwide and cooperation between immigration officials and local law enforcement in the Capital Region.
Camille Mackler, director of Immigration Legal Policy at the New York Immigration Coalition, said that arrests as a result of traffic stops or calls from citizens have become more common in upstate New York and along the northern U.S. border.