"The new instructions, circulated on Wednesday and exclusively reviewed by Reuters, also limit ICE activity to immigrants with criminal charges or convictions in a departure from the broad sweeps that have sparked fierce backlash, legal challenges, and street protests. The email, from a senior agency official, reads in part: DO NOT COMMUNICATE OR ENGAGE WITH AGITATORS. It serves no purpose other than inflaming the situation."
"Under the new approach, Reuters reported that ICE officers will be equipped with megaphones and instructed to clearly announce each step of an arrest, an effort to impose order after the volatile scenes previously seen. The guidance offers the clearest picture yet of how the Trump administration is recalibrating its immigration crackdown following intense political pressure in Minnesota, following the shooting death of two US citizens by federal officers."
New internal guidance orders ICE officers in Minnesota not to communicate or engage with agitators during future operations. The guidance limits ICE activity to immigrants with criminal charges or convictions, ending broad sweeps that sparked backlash, legal challenges, and street protests. Officers will be equipped with megaphones and instructed to clearly announce each step of an arrest to impose order after volatile scenes. The guidance reflects a recalibration of the immigration crackdown following intense political pressure after the shooting death of two US citizens by federal officers. Control of Minnesota operations was transferred to border czar Tom Homan. A Border Patrol commander was demoted and is expected to retire.
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