Amtrak’s Police Department in New York has taken to entrapment to catch – and if they can deport – gay and bi men. As policing within Amtrak is a federal service following directives from the Trump administration, local byelaws are ignored. Entrapment through so-called “pretty boy” policing is a technique popular in the 1950s when sex between men was illegal. Local paper Gothamist reports on the situation in New York, building on a report in The City. Arrests jumped from five in the five months January to May, prior to the ICE- backed entrapment operation, to reach 23 arrests during June alone.