The Atlanta Police Department said that it “has not assisted any federal law enforcement agencies with immigration enforcement activities this year,” but records reveal that on at least 15 occasions, investigators scoured thousands of cameras to track migrants.

An APD spokesperson said the now-retired detective who conducted the 12 searches using variations of ‘locate alien’ as the reason was working on a multi-agency Transnational Organized Crime task force unit investigating ‘an international fraud matter, again having nothing to do with immigration enforcement. #atlanta #atlantanews