The administration of U.S. President Donald Trump is intensifying efforts to round up migrants. It¡¯s also doing so with increasingly aggressive tactics.
In scenes from San Diego to Massachusetts, agents outfitted with bullet-resistant vests and often displaying military-style rifles are shown in social media videos and photos being escorted along city streets by armored vehicles. A clip from Rhode Island shows an agent standing in a truck¡¯s open hatch, manning a rifle.
The operations led by Immigration and Customs Enforcement, often joined by local law enforcement, have coincided with a dramatic increase in arrests of people for running afoul of immigration laws ¡ª with ICE reporting more than 1,600 daily apprehensions. That¡¯s more than double the 630 average of recent weeks and a roughly 450% increase over typical numbers during former U.S. President Joe Biden¡¯s last year in office.
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