ICE Expands the Surveillance State

About this episode

The episode discusses ICE's expansion of surveillance and the implications for sanctuary cities as federal agents are deployed.

While border czar Tom Homan announced last week that the surge of federal agents in Minnesota could be winding down, he signaled that other cities could be next. “I’m hoping other sanctuary cities look at what happened,” he said, threatening cities that have various levels of protection for undocumented residents. It’s unclear where ICE’s next moves might be, but they have also been ramping up their surveillance online. The Department of Homeland Security has sent hundreds of administrative ...

Topics covered

• surveillance
• immigration
• law enforcement
• sanctuary cities
• federal agents

Keywords

• ICE
• surveillance state
• Tom Homan
• sanctuary cities
• Department of Homeland Security

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: ICE, Department of Homeland Security

Places: Minnesota, sanctuary cities

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