The narrative put forward by the administration is largely disproved by available video evidence. And it has even been received with skepticism by some former ICE employees, who are condemning Ross’ use of force against the 37-year-old mother of three and warning that their one-time agency has lost its way.
Former ICE chief of staff Jason Hauser recently wrote in USA Today: “When enforcement is driven by messaging instead of mission, when optics outweigh judgment and when leadership substitutes spectacle for strategy, the risk to officers, civilian and public safety increases exponentially.”
The second Trump presidency has taken ICE off the leash. The agency is now the highest-funded law enforcement body in the United States, with a budget that eclipses that of some countries’ militaries. With its near-unlimited resources and aggressive directions from the White House, ICE is sending federal immigration agents not trained in community policing to make at-large arrests in cities across the country. (Days after the shooting, Noem announced DHS would deploy hundreds more agents to Minneapolis.)
Two ex-ICE workers I spoke with described an agency that, in pursuit of President Donald Trump’s mass deportation mandate, is engaging in reckless and risky behavior.
brown shirts in all but name
Red Hats
“Veterans of the Great War claim Germany has lost its way, saying ‘Sure, we invaded other countries and used chemical weapons on people, but when we did those things we pretended to be sad about it, these Nazi kids are making us look bad!’”
Anybody who ever worked for ICE can fuck all the way off
You guys need to learn how to accept help from imperfect allies. This purity test bullshit is literally going to get people killed. If this guy wants to help reign in ICE then what the fuck are you discouraging him for?
