00:00and i have a message for ice to ice get out of minneapolis
00:16raids at dawn homes searched families separated across the united states immigration raids have
00:33turned deadly protests are spreading a killing linked to enforcement action has ignited outrage
00:40and at the center of it all one agency u.s immigration and customs enforcement also known as
00:48ice once obscure now front and center of american politics so who are ice agents and how did their
00:57numbers double so fast immigration and customs enforcement chillingly enough known as eyes was
01:05created in 2002 after the 9 11 attacks its mandate immigration enforcement and cross-border crime
01:13for years it operated away from public attention that changed under donald trump in just one year
01:20isis strength surged from roughly 10 000 agents to over 22 000 an expansion unprecedented in the agency's
01:30history the drive was a massive department of homeland security recruitment push the message
01:37qualified patriotic americans needed urgently according to the administration deportations crossed 600 000
01:46in 2025 alone nearly 2 million more immigrants were reported to have self-deported to meet these targets
01:54recruitment rules were loosened training time was cut in half from 16 weeks to just eight mandatory spanish
02:02language training was removed background checks remained but speed became the priority officials say
02:10more than 220 000 applications were received in a year volume not just vetting became the focus
02:18candidates must be u.s citizens they must clear physical and background checks
02:24law enforcement experience is preferred but no longer essential for all roles legal experts warn this shift
02:31carries risks rapid hiring can dilute training quality and enforcement can become politicized
02:39concerns exploded after the death of renee nicole good her killing during an is linked operation
02:45sparked nationwide protests in minnesota alone tens of thousands took to the streets the fallout was
02:52severe a dozen federal prosecutors resigned in protest eyes once a bureaucratic arm is now a symbol
03:02to supporters law and order to critiques state power without restraint we do not need any further help
03:12from the federal government to donald trump and christy noem you've done enough there's nothing more
03:19important than minnesota's safety i've issued a warning order to prepare the minnesota national guard
03:24this was an agent recklessly using power that resulted in somebody dying getting killed
03:34as an attempt to kill or to cause bodily harm to agents an act of domestic terrorism the ice officer fearing
03:42for his life and the other officers around him and the safety of the public fired defensive shots he used
03:48his training to save his own life and that of his colleagues this is not just about immigration it is
03:55about how the state uses force who is authorized to wield it and how fast power can expand when politics
04:03demands results ice agents are no longer invisible sadly america is still reckoning with what that matters
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