Trump's ICE: Deadly Force Meets Humiliating Defeats

Donald Trump's immigration enforcement agency has been making headlines for all the wrong reasons. In recent weeks, federal agents shot and killed a man in Houston, then scrambled to justify the shooting under dubious claims. Separately, ICE agents conducted home visits to intimidate people who had criticized the agency online. Despite being armed to the teeth and backed by a massive budget—including $220 million spent on a recruiting campaign that cast former Secretary Kristi Noem as a cowboy—ICE has proven to be an embarrassment, repeatedly failing in its high-profile operations. The agency's heavy-handed tactics and lack of competence have made it a symbol of overreach and ineptitude.