Although the original statement provided little evidence, I conducted research to verify its accuracy. Since mid-2025, ICE interior enforcement had increased significantly across the United States including in the states and cities traditionally considered more welcoming to immigrants. Numerous reports and lawsuits have highlighted the aggressive and potentially unsafe tactics used by some ICE agents. For example, “Another video, from Broadview, Ill., near Chicago, appears to show a man outside an ICE facility getting shot in the head with a pepper ball, a projectile filled with chemical irritants. That man, Pastor David Black, has sued the Trump administration (Anderson, 2025). This incident illustrates the dangers posed by some ICE operations and the extreme measures sometimes used during arrests. Similarly, Ed Yohnka, director of communications and public policy at the ACLU of Illinois, observes that "What we're seeing is a general escalation of violence and the use of excessive force by ICE officers," which has brought a lawsuit against the Trump administration for violating the constitutional rights of protesters. (Anderson, 2025). This quote emphasizes that these events are not isolated incidents, but rather they reflect a pattern and public concern regarding ICE’s enforcement methods, promoting legal challenges over agency's adherence to civil rights and ethical standards.
In addition, ICE agents have followed people to locations such as their homes, car washes, and outside stores, creating a sense of constant intimidation and threat. As noted in the article, “ This administration, though, is taking a different tack. This administration has repurposed the way they’ve operationalized ICE, to go out and get as many people as possible, and that’s why we’re seeing these raids on the car washes and on the Home Depot parking lots. They know they can make a large number of arrests there, and they don’t seem to care whether or not those people pose a threat to public safety. They just say, “If you’re undocumented, you’re a fair target.”(Misra, 2025). Under Trump, ICE now conducts large-scale, indiscriminate sweeps, such as raids at car washes, Home Depot parking lots, and apartment buildings, often without regard for criminal history. This shift from targeted operations to mass arrests is a key indicator of increased aggression. Individuals are being treated as criminals simply for being undocumented, effectively stripping them of basic rights and mistreating them. For example the article reports, “ We’re seeing ICE agents display really heavy-handed use of force, smashing in car windows, shoving people to the ground, smoke bombing people, pepper spraying” (Misra, 2025). This type of behavior is really uncalled for and extremely unprofessional coming from ICE agents. These actions are excessive, unprofessional, and highlight the horrible aggressive approach these ICE agents have adopted under the current administration.
Articles Used:
(Anderson, 2025)
https://www.npr.org/2025/10/13/nx-s1-5566785/ice-dhs-immigration-tactics-more-violent
(Misra, 2025)
https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2025/10/14/former-ice-director-q-a-00603916
