ICE fatal shootings raise fear over Trump’s use of federal authority

2026-01-28 - 21:32

America has endured intense political polarisation before. What it has not faced is a presidency that has transformed a federal law-enforcement agency into a potential instrument of political power. During Donald Trump’s second term as president, the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) risks becoming just that. Created after 9/11 as a specialised arm of the Department of Homeland Security, ICE was meant to enforce immigration laws and combat transnational criminal networks. Its annual...