In two separate June 11 incidents, police reports show federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents worked hand-in-hand with local Chatham County police patrols to find and detain immigrants — with one of the reports specifying the ICE agent was riding shotgun in the patrol car with the officer.

As the Trump administration ratchets up the pressure on immigration officials to boost arrest and deportation numbers, close collaboration between federal and local law enforcement agencies has helped drive apprehensions, particularly in Republican-led states.

But ICE agents riding in local patrol vehicles marks a significant departure from the kind of cooperation that has become the norm in Georgia, which mostly plays out in county jails. It’s a level of synergy that immigration attorneys

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