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You can’t charge anyone but the murderer with felony murder charges.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Felony_murder_rule
Okay, I admit that’s an interesting fact I wasn’t aware of. However, based on the Wikipedia article you linked to, I seriously doubt one could expect the charge to hold up against ICE superiors. It might work to charge the other officers that were there when the woman was killed, but I would bet charging anyone absent of the direct event would be deemed too remote.
Case law in the US has at least one example of someone being convicted of felony murder simply for letting another person borrow their car with no other significant connection to the case.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ryan_Holle
John Oliver has a great segment on how fucked up this law is: https://youtu.be/Y93ljB7sfco
That said, you're right in that it is highly unlikely any of the higher-ups will be held responsible.
Nor should they be under this type of charge. I'm sure there are other charges that can be brought against them though.
https://youtu.be/Y93ljB7sfco
That's not how Felony Murder charges work.
Yes you can and it happens all the time. A getaway driver in a bank robbery gets charged just the same as the guys shooting people inside the bank.