"Some senior Trump Administration officials have labelled Good a "domestic terrorist" and claimed that she was trying to run over the ICE agent with her car. At a press conference, Vice-President J. D. Vance defended the agent, claiming that federal law-enforcement officials are protected by "absolute immunity." Footage of Good's death was only the latest in a string of viral videos of ICE personnel engaging in violent behavior toward citizens and noncitizens alike."
"( The Atlantic reported last year that, as part of the Administration's efforts to swell its roster of ICE agents, training for new agents was cut by nearly two-thirds to just forty-seven days, a number chosen because Donald Trump is the forty-seventh President.) I recently spoke on the phone with Deborah Fleischaker, who, during the Biden Administration, served as the acting chief of staff of ICE, which is housed within the Department of Homeland Security,"
Renee Nicole Good, a thirty-seven-year-old Minneapolis resident, was killed by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent, and video of the shooting prompted global attention and nationwide protests. Senior Trump Administration officials labelled Good a "domestic terrorist" and asserted she tried to run over the ICE agent. Vice‑President J. D. Vance defended the agent by invoking "absolute immunity" for federal law‑enforcement. Viral footage has followed other incidents of ICE personnel using violent tactics toward citizens and noncitizens. An Atlantic report states training for new ICE agents was cut to forty-seven days. Deborah Fleischaker served as acting ICE chief of staff under Biden and previously worked in DHS civil‑rights offices. ICE's rules of engagement, the split between H.S.I. and enforcement, procedural requirements, and the dangers of an unrestrained agency are central concerns.
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