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What is and isn’t legal when ICE officers make an immigration arrest
The Washington Post ^
| July 2, 2025
| Arelis R. Hernández
Posted on 07/02/2025 8:51:18 AM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
Videos showing masked officers whisking people into unmarked cars have sparked outcry. A look at ICE’s powers as Congress prepares to give the agency a giant infusion of cash.
Undocumented immigrants are being swept off the streets by masked officers in plainclothes who refuse to give their names. Parents are being handcuffed in front of young children and escorted together onto buses and into detention centers. Officers are tackling people and smashing car windows as they make arrests.
Videos of arrests like these have gone viral on social media and sparked protests and outrage as the United States reckons with the ramifications of the Trump administration’s push to deport millions of unauthorized immigrants.
So what is and isn’t illegal when ICE makes an arrest?
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement was created after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks as part of a major overhaul of the federal national security apparatus. Congress gave the agency substantial authority over how immigrants who do not have a legal status in the United States are detained and deported. And while the Trump administration has upended norms, much of what the public is seeing is permitted under U.S. law.
If President Donald Trump’s
massive spending bill is approved, undocumented immigrant arrests and deportations are expected to dramatically ramp up. Here’s what to know about how officers conduct an arrest.
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonpost.com ...
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To: E. Pluribus Unum
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posted on
07/02/2025 8:53:08 AM PDT
by
ProtectOurFreedom
(“Diversity is our Strength” just doesn’t carry the same message as “Death from Above”)
To: E. Pluribus Unum
The only outrage should be that millions more have not already been kicked out.
Just the idea that so many have been here for decades and many others who have been deported and then immediately came right back. That is the true outrage.
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posted on
07/02/2025 8:57:11 AM PDT
by
Flavious_Maximus
(Tony Fauci will be put on death row and die of COVID!)
To: E. Pluribus Unum
The Washington Post Editorial Board as US Supreme Court.
There is no end to liberill hubris.
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posted on
07/02/2025 8:58:37 AM PDT
by
Carry_Okie
(The tree of liberty needs a rope.)
To: E. Pluribus Unum
To: ProtectOurFreedom
Nope.
“And while the Trump administration has upended norms, much of what the public is seeing is permitted under U.S. law.”
To: MrRelevant
This is what recovering from decades of immigration law enforcement neglect looks like.
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posted on
07/02/2025 9:11:17 AM PDT
by
TheDon
(Remember the J6 political prisoners! Remember Ashli Babbitt!)
To: MrRelevant
Amazing reporting, is t it?
1. People are outraged
2. It is legal
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posted on
07/02/2025 9:11:44 AM PDT
by
ProtectOurFreedom
(“Diversity is our Strength” just doesn’t carry the same message as “Death from Above”)
To: ProtectOurFreedom
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posted on
07/02/2025 9:15:58 AM PDT
by
crz
To: E. Pluribus Unum
Author, Arelis R. Hernández, broad, and a south Texas schnauzer.
To: E. Pluribus Unum
What is and isn’t legal... when an ILLEGAL is in our nation ILLEGALLY
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posted on
07/02/2025 9:21:26 AM PDT
by
Bob434
(Time flies like an arrow, fruit flies like a banana)
To: Carry_Okie
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posted on
07/02/2025 9:23:15 AM PDT
by
No name given
( Anonymous is who you’ll know me as)
To: Bob434
Exactly, illegal means exactly that, and illegal aliens should not have ANY rights given that they are in America illegally to begin with!
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posted on
07/02/2025 9:24:17 AM PDT
by
No name given
( Anonymous is who you’ll know me as)
To: E. Pluribus Unum
they are resisting arrest
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posted on
07/02/2025 9:47:52 AM PDT
by
joshua c
To: MrRelevant
the norms they are referring to
is the law not being enforced
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posted on
07/02/2025 9:49:32 AM PDT
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joshua c
To: E. Pluribus Unum
"Undocumented immigrants are being swept off the streets by masked officers in plainclothes who refuse to give their names. Parents are being handcuffed in front of young children and escorted together onto buses and into detention centers. Officers are tackling people and smashing car windows as they make arrests." The WaPo doesn't need to keep extolling the virtues of this program. Most Americans are already sold on the idea.
To: E. Pluribus Unum
Next time think twice before you violate another country's borders, and then act like you own it, and its citizens are your new cash slaves.
You're all damned lucky you aren't shot on sight.
So stop your bitching and--as we are fond of saying here--enjoy the go!
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posted on
07/02/2025 9:50:41 AM PDT
by
4Runner
("I gotta join a union just to get a job loafin'?" " Sure ya do!" --Abbott & Costello)
To: E. Pluribus Unum
I thought masks were GREAT according to liberals!?
Maybe all those ICE agents don’t want to catch the viruses illegal aliens have?
LMAO
To: 4Runner
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posted on
07/02/2025 10:02:35 AM PDT
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joshua c
To: E. Pluribus Unum
Never take the legal advice of a journalist.
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posted on
07/02/2025 10:02:51 AM PDT
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CodeToad
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