"ICE 101" - How Trump changed ICE and CBP into a fascist secret police
Doomsday Scenario • • nation
Key Points:
- The article highlights the current aggressive federal presence in Minneapolis, with 3,000 ICE and CBP officers deployed, marking an unprecedented occupation by federal immigration enforcement agencies in a major U.S. city.
- ICE and CBP are distinct agencies with different missions and training levels; ICE has two divisions—Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) focused on deportations and Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) handling complex crimes—while CBP oversees border security and is staffed largely by less-trained officers.
- Since the Trump administration's policy shift, ICE and CBP have abandoned targeted immigration enforcement in favor of mass arrests without specific leads, resulting in racial profiling and increased arrests of immigrants without criminal records.
- Both agencies suffer from significant training and accountability
