ICE has been a problem for decades, but American citizens often ignore it, content in the belief that their citizenship will prevent them from deportation, detention without representation.. These raids are meant to happen quickly, as agents work off old lists and files, to go into the homes of those who failed to make a court appearance or had old documentation regarding deportation from years past, and target those with children, increasing the risk of separating families. No time for the meticulous detail work required for the burden of proof. ICE is Trump’s main instrument for his dirty work, without regard for due process, human rights or even plain human decency. ICE makes mistakes. American citizens can get caught in its maw — even white Americans. According to the Cato Institute, from 2006 to 2017 ICE wrongfully detained more than 3,500 U.S. citizens in Texas alone
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