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ICE ignored increase in use of force reports among its agents: report
Internal emails reveal a 353% rise in ICE use-of-force incidents early in Trump's second term amid expanded enforcement and unclear policies, according to DHS records.
- On March 20, 2025, internal emails show 67 incidents of ICE officers' use of force were reported between Jan. 19 and March 20, 2025, and alerted ICE leadership; the records indicate that number quadrupled from 17 in the same period in 2024.
- Earlier this year, ICE expanded enforcement by hiring more than 12,000 agents and deploying them to at least 15 American cities, with memos endorsing use of I-205 administrative warrants.
- Across California and Massachusetts operations, reports describe ICE agents shattering car windows, deploying chemical agents, and a case where an agent fired multiple rounds into a car, killing a U.S. citizen.
- ICE leadership prioritized prosecutions by focusing on assaults on federal law enforcement officers, with 28 assaults reported and "The email indicated that ICE leadership was keen to prosecute those cases," Politico explained.
- In March 2025, DHS published a body-worn camera plan that remains unpublished and outlines activation, training, and privacy rules, while lawmakers urge cameras after February 2026 CBP footage highlighted accountability.
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