Unfettered and Unaccountable: How Trump Is Building a Violent, Shadowy Federal Police Force

ProPublicaCenter-LeftEN 11 min read 100% complete by by J. David McSwane and Hannah AllamOctober 18, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Unfettered and Unaccountable: How Trump Is Building a Violent, Shadowy Federal Police Force

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Under President Donald Trump's deportation efforts, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers are increasingly using force to detain immigrants, often without clear accountability. In June 2018, ICE conducted raids in Santa Ana, California, where residents reported seeing masked agents in unmarked vehicles forcibly detaining individuals. Some families have been left unaware of their loved ones' whereabouts after such raids. The Department of Homeland Security has dismantled offices meant to address complaints against abusive actions by immigration officers, making it difficult to hold individual agents accountable for alleged misconduct. Similar aggressive tactics have since been employed in larger operations across the country.

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