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ICE, and the use of the National Guard to protect ICE, has been covered as immigration story, but America’s immigration and customs agents aren’t only being used for that purpose.

The Trump administration is also using ICE and the National Guard to project power, to demonstrate that it can operate without restraint, and in defiance of the law.

~ Anne Applebaum

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https://www.theatlantic.com/podcasts/2026/01/autocracy-in-america-ice-and-the-national-guard/685279/

The Atlantic

Federal Agents Are Violating the Rights of Americans

ICE and the National Guard are acting with impunity.

William Lindsey :toad:

@wdlindsy@toad.social replied · 24 hours ago

As Brian Bennett noted over ten years ago, a report by law enforcement experts found that "Border Patrol agents have deliberately stepped in the path of cars apparently to justify shooting at the drivers and have fired in frustration at people throwing rocks from the Mexican side of the border, according to an independent review of 67 cases that resulted in 19 deaths."

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https://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-border-killings-20140227-story.html

Los Angeles Times

Border Patrol's use of deadly force criticized in report

An independent review of U.S. Border Patrol shootings criticizes the agency for 'lack of diligence' in its investigations and suggests that agents' tactics sometimes create a pretext to open fire.

William Lindsey :toad:

@wdlindsy@toad.social replied · 24 hours ago

ICE, and the use of the National Guard to protect ICE, has been covered as immigration story, but America’s immigration and customs agents aren’t only being used for that purpose.

The Trump administration is also using ICE and the National Guard to project power, to demonstrate that it can operate without restraint, and in defiance of the law.

~ Anne Applebaum

#ICE #ReneeGood #race #gender #WhiteSupremacy #fascism
/7

https://www.theatlantic.com/podcasts/2026/01/autocracy-in-america-ice-and-the-national-guard/685279/

The Atlantic

Federal Agents Are Violating the Rights of Americans

ICE and the National Guard are acting with impunity.

William Lindsey :toad:

@wdlindsy@toad.social replied · 24 hours ago

"This [ICE assault on Americans] is all under the umbrella of white male supremacy — those talking points have been pre-written for years."

~ Kamau Bell

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https://robertreich.substack.com/p/trumps-deadly-forces-the-coffee-klatch

Trump's Deadly Forces | The Coffee Klatch for January 10, 2026

With Heather Lofthouse, Kamau Bell, and yours truly, Robert Reich

William Lindsey :toad:

@wdlindsy@toad.social replied · 24 hours ago

"What's happening is that Customs and Border Patrol are operating far from the border…. They're pretending that they can act as law enforcement, which they're not law enforcement. Not law enforcement. And they are going up to anyone they think has an accent that doesn't sound like an American accent."

(I've edited the video dialogue lightly to remove distracting filler words.)

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https://www.joyannreid.com/p/no-one-is-safe-in-trumps-america

No One Is Safe In Trump’s America | The Joy Reid Show LIVE!

A recording from The Joy Reid Show's live video

William Lindsey :toad:

@wdlindsy@toad.social replied · 24 hours ago

"All of the people who've been killed by ICE, I have a whole long list of them, 37 people just in 2025. These are all horrific cases. Most of them are either Black, Brown, or Asian. But in this case, there's something about the fact that the right has built a narrative around white women being the ones being protected, that mass deportation is designed to protect white women."

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William Lindsey :toad:

@wdlindsy@toad.social replied · 24 hours ago

"And then this police officer in a white suburb of a nice neighborhood, not on some mean street, not in some dangerous, in a suburb. shooting this woman in the face while her neighbors are watching and while he and other officers are filming it on their cameras, not even body cam, and essentially saying this white woman is a quote unquote dumb bitch and I can kill her at will. Something about that to me is just different."

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