Around an hour after dawn on June 11, Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents positioned themselves near a majority-Hispanic mobile home park outside Savannah.

Two traffic stops and just a handful of minutes later, ICE apprehended eight immigrant laborers on their way to work, with the help of local police officers.

The close collaboration between ICE and the Chatham County Police Department alarmed Georgia immigrant rights advocates . But police’s involvement also exposed federal agents to a level of public scrutiny they are typically unburdened by.

Body camera footage requested by The Atlanta Journal-Constitution from Chatham County authorities provides a rare, close-up look at the behavior of ICE agents when questioning and arresting immigrants in the community.

Filmed moments

See Full Page