Politico: Why Is ICE So Aggressive Now? A Former ICE Chief Explains

Kevin R. Johnson

16 Oct 2025 — 1 min read

Riya Misra for POLITICO explains that, "[a]s President Donald Trump has ramped up immigration enforcement, the scenes playing out across the country have been stunning to many. And that includes top veterans of the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency.

“All of this is unprecedented,” John Sandweg, a former acting ICE director, told POLITICO. “I don’t think we’ve ever seen a nationwide immigration enforcement effort like this.”

Read the story for further explanation.

Reports of abuses keep coming in.

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