Once Relatively Obscure, ICE Becomes a Lightning Rod in Immigration Debate
August 22, 2018
By Muzaffar Chishti and Jessica Bolter
Demonstrators attend a protest near an immigration detention facility in Richmond, CA. (Photo: Peg Hunter)
Critics of the Trump administration’s immigration policies have seized on U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) as the main target of their ire in recent months, with the “Abolish ICE†campaign catching fire seemingly overnight. Now a lightning rod for every perceived immigration-related outrage, the agency is being condemned for actions—such as the separation of families at the Southwest border—taken by other government agencies inside and outside the Department of Homeland Security (DHS).
https://www.migrationpolicy.org/article/once-relatively-obscure-ice-becomes-lightning-rod-immigration-debate
