Here & Now Anytime Former ICE director on why immigration raids are making U.S. less safe
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Oct 20, 2025 A former ICE director discusses how new enforcement tactics are undermining community safety and escalating tensions with protesters. Concerns about surveillance technologies, including facial recognition, heighten fears of civil liberties violations. Meanwhile, the shutdown is putting national parks like Joshua Tree at risk, impacting firefighting and visitor services. Lastly, a glimpse into the administration’s efforts to lower IVF drug costs highlights the gap between promises and actual access, with state solutions paving the way for improved coverage.
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Shift From Targeted To Mass Enforcement
- ICE operations under Obama were narrowly targeted at criminals and well-researched before raids.
- The current approach is broad, public, and shifts tech and manpower toward civil mass deportation.
Mismatch Between Training And Protest Policing
- Confrontations with protesters require nuanced training that ICE and Border Patrol often lack.
- Agents are trained for armed nighttime border arrests, not handling First Amendment protests.
Surveillance Tech Shift Raises Civil Rights Risk
- ICE is acquiring facial recognition, iris scans, and phone-hacking tools historically used for criminal investigations.
- Redirecting those tools to civil immigration enforcement risks surveilling non-criminal U.S. citizens and protesters.