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DHS Secretary Kristi Noem + her small cadre of loyal aides have been pushing the agency to do more showy operations in Democratic-run cities that can advance the president’s agenda and supply clips for social media + the MAGA faithful “They love this cowboy shit,” one frustrated ICE official told me

ICE aims to more than double the number of deportation officers on U.S. streets by the end of 2025. The slick cars and the bouncy rap tracks are recruitment tools, they say, along with a “Join ICE” website and an ad blitz using 1940s-style Army posters, many with Uncle Sam, to depict Trump’s deportation campaign as a patriotic war effort, akin to fighting the Nazis. Many of the new hires will enter ICE with different motivations than the generations before them, seeing the position not as a federal-law-enforcement career but as a chance to serve as a foot soldier in Trump’s mission to bring sweeping social and demographic change. New deportation officers at ICE used to receive about five months of federal-law-enforcement training. Administration officials have cut that time roughly in half, partly by eliminating Spanish-language courses. Academy training was shortened to 47 days, three officials told me, the number picked because Trump is the 47th president. DHS officials said the training will run six days a week for eight weeks. https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2025/08/ice-recruitment-immigration-enforcement-billions/684000/ https://archive.ph/gNdwE

aug 28, 2025, 3:52 pm • 3 2

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"many with Uncle Sam, to depict Trump's deportation campaign as a patriotic war effort, akin to fighting the Nazis." Paging Alanis Morissette.

aug 28, 2025, 6:07 pm • 1 0 • view

Meanwhile, these things are happening to friends, neighbours, co-workers in Donald Trump's xenophobic purging of non-white America. Over + over again - crimes committed by a dictator which harm us all Don't look away Help do something to dissent Protect people not (White) power Stop this madness

aug 28, 2025, 4:18 pm • 5 2 • view

Since Trump inauguration: Total arrests 195,249 Up 15,190 in the past 14 days People in detention 61,226 Up 1,850 Total deportations 197,526 Up 16,920 13 Jan 2025 Criminal record 9,090 Pending charges 4,610 No criminal record 860 25 Aug CR 16,620 *No criminal record 15,760* Pending 14,210 #ICE

US immigration The Guardian US reviewed figures from Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Customs and Border Protection since Trump’s inauguration Fri 29 Aug 2025 14.00 BST Total arrests 195,249 Up 15,190 in the past 14 days People currently in detention 61,226 Up 1,850 Total deportations 197,526 Up 16,920 Note: Values from 28 January 2025 to 25 August 2025 rounded to nearest 10. Arrest data includes arrests from Customs and Border Protection and Immigration and Customs Enforcement. https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2025/aug/29/trump-immigration-ice-cbp-data

Graph of People in ICE detention by criminal history 13 Jan 2025 Criminal record 9,090 Pending charges 4,610 No criminal record 860 25 Aug 2025 Criminal record 16,620 No criminal record 15,760 Pending charges 14,210 Note: Point-in-time counts every 14 days. Data includes people booked into Ice detention who were arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement. https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2025/aug/29/trump-immigration-ice-cbp-data

aug 30, 2025, 8:13 am • 0 2 • view