"Now the visible targets of border enforcement are increasingly immigrants who have built their lives in the U.S. – neighbors, friends, co-workers – as well as anyone who opposes ICE’s tactics, like Renee Good."

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"But Trump during his second presidency has greatly shifted immigration enforcement north into the interior of the U.S. And ICE has played a central role. ...

Americans may not know about the experiences of migrants who are quickly deported near the border, but it is harder to ignore recent images of people snatched up within their own neighborhoods."

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"From 2010-2020, nearly 80% of all deportations were initiated at or near the U.S.-Mexico border. During the COVID-19 pandemic, that number jumped to 98%, as both the Trump and Biden administrations utilized Title 42, a public health statute that allowed the government to rapidly deport recently arrived migrants."

~ The Conversation

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ICE immigration tactics are shocking more Americans as US-Mexico border operations move north

Militarized immigration enforcement used to be confined to near the US-Mexico border, far away from most Americans’ front lawns.

^{The Conversation}

Dozens of faith leaders were arrested during a massive peaceful protest Friday at the Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport.

Organizers of the action said that “roughly 100” clergy members were arrested during the protest, according to CBS News.

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Police Arrest Huge Group of Faith Leaders in Minneapolis ICE Protest

The clergy members had blocked a key road to try to prevent deportations.

^{The New Republic}