Tackles, projectiles and gunfire: Many fear ICE tactics are growing more violent

"There are countless videos on social media showing similar scenes. One, filmed by a photographer in Hyattsville, Md., shows a man pinned to the ground by two ICE officers. He pleads in Spanish and English for someone to help him. During the incident, one of the officers drops his gun and fumbles for it. Then, he appears to point it at bystanders."

"Another video, from Broadview, Ill., near Chicago, appears to show a man outside an ICE facility getting shot in the head with a pepper ball, a projectile filled with chemical irritants. That man, Pastor David Black, has sued the Trump administration. Late last month, a local CBS reporter said a masked ICE agent fired a pepper ball at her car at that same facility, causing her to vomit for hours. The reporter, Asal Rezaei, said there was no protest happening at the time."

Numerous videos show ICE officers using aggressive tactics during encounters, including physically restraining and pinning people to the ground while weapons are handled in view of bystanders. In one incident an ICE officer dropped his gun, fumbled for it, and then appeared to point it at bystanders as a detained man pleaded in Spanish and English. A man outside an ICE facility in Broadview, Ill., was struck in the head by a pepper ball and has sued the administration. A masked agent fired a pepper ball at a reporter’s car, causing hours of vomiting despite no protest. Advocates report people being tackled, pepper-sprayed, tear-gassed, threatened, and at least two incidents involving gunfire. A majority of Americans disapprove of current immigration enforcement tactics. Federal officers conducted a late-September apartment raid in Chicago that broke down doors and arrested dozens, and federal officers shot a woman earlier this month.

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