Residents want local governments to end contracts that let ICE train on their gun ranges
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February 27, 2026

Residents want local governments to end contracts that let ICE train on their gun ranges

By By AMY TAXIN Associated Press 

ESCONDIDO, Calif. (AP) — Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers training at a local gun range largely went unnoticed by residents of one Southern California city for more than a decade, until President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown and the recent fatal shootings of U.S. citizens by federal agents.

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