CNN: How DHS is Turbocharging Its Immigration Offense
There’s a new normal in many parts of the country nearly a year into President Donald Trump's return to the White House.
With aggressive arrests, a non-stop social media blitz and crackdowns on protesters, his administration’s turbocharged immigration offensive is changing what we see on the streets — and online.
The latest example: An Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer shot and killed a woman in Minneapolis Wednesday in what the Department of Homeland Security called an act of self-defense and the city’s mayor decried as “an agent recklessly using power.”
Critics accuse authorities of deploying dangerous tactics that put people at risk. Officials argue they’re taking necessary steps to keep Americans safe — and vow that there's more to come. “ICE had a busy year,” a recent agency social media post boasted, “but the work is just getting started.”
Here are three major shifts we’re watching, and why these changes are so controversial.
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