Accountability on Ice: Minnesota's Long Overdue Reckoning The news that Christian Castro, a 52 year old Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer, has been charged with assault over the shooting of Julio Sosa Celis in January is a rare instance of accountability in the fraught world of federal immigration enforcement.
This case is not an isolated incident, but rather a symptom of a larger problem. The Hennepin County Attorney's Office has led investigations into multiple incidents involving ICE agents.
Their determination to hold officers accountable for their actions is a welcome respite from the typical lack of transparency in these cases.