"Such escalations mark the US president's agenda of mass arrests and deportations from the US interior. The highest-profile efforts involve officers from multiple agencies rushing to prominent Democratic-led US cities, against local leaders' wishes. But coast to coast, federal officers have been raiding homes, businesses, commercial parking lots even schools, hospitals and courthouses. The efforts have delighted the president's hardcore Make America Great Again voter base, but are also tearing families apart and spreading fear and even death on the streets and in detention."
"Immigration and Customs Enforcement is the biggest cog in the machine and ICE has become an internationally recognized acronym, a growing force and Trump's most visible anti-immigration operator. This despite officers often wearing masks and refusing to identify themselves. Border patrol is increasingly involved in the crackdown and a variety of other federal agencies have also been drafted into the efforts."
Armed federal immigration enforcement personnel were surged into Minneapolis and other Democratic-led cities as part of an expanded agenda of mass arrests and deportations from the US interior. Officers from multiple federal agencies, including ICE and Border Patrol, have conducted raids on homes, businesses, parking lots, schools, hospitals and courthouses, often against local leaders' wishes. ICE has become the most visible enforcement arm, with officers sometimes wearing masks and refusing to identify themselves. A variety of other federal agencies have been drafted into the crackdown, producing a bewildering mix of labels, tactical gear and unclear agency identification. The Department of Homeland Security is headed by homeland security secretary Kristi Noem and oversees ICE, Border Patrol and other agencies.
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