What’s the Real Function of ICE?
ICE has more than doubled its size with 12,000 new recruits in under a year while cutting training length, raising concerns about militarized tactics and reduced oversight, experts say.
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Only 4 democracies have created paramilitary police squads since 1960—if you include ICE
As the operations of Immigration and Customs Enforcement have intensified over the past year, politicians and journalists alike have begun referring to ICE as a “paramilitary force.” Rep. John Mannion, a New York Democrat, called ICE “a personal paramilitary unit of the president.” Journalist Radley Balko, who wrote a book about how American police forces have been militarized, has argued that President Donald Trump was using the force “the way …
What’s the Real Function of ICE?
All the news about ICE this month should serve as a warning: President Trump is creating something that looks disturbingly like a paramilitary force.Authoritarians in other countries often do this. They build units that are lavishly funded, operate outside normal police or military chains of com
ICE Not Only Looks and Acts Like a Paramilitary Force – It Is One, and That Makes It Harder to Curb
Why it is important to recognize that ICE is a paramilitary operation. Among other things, they are harder to reform than traditional police.
Not Only Does ICE Look and Act Like a Paramilitary Force—It Is One
Republished with permission from The Conversation, by Erica De Bruin, Hamilton College As the operations of Immigration and Customs Enforcement have intensified over the past year, politicians and journalists alike have begun referring to ICE as a “paramilitary force.” Rep. John Mannion, a New York Democrat, called ICE “a personal paramilitary unit of the president.” Journalist Radley Balko, who wrote a book about how American police forces hav…
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