"Donald Trump has sent waves of federal agents to Democratic-run "sanctuary cities" over the past eight months, depicting the operations like episodes in a roving MAGA reality show. The places targeted by the president tend to become temporary sites of protest-and produce fodder for his meme-driven administration's social-media channels. The relentless pressure on ICE to ramp up deportations has left officers on edge. The neighborhoods they're targeting are on edge too. Activists have marched in the streets and demonstrated outside federal buildings."
"But their most effective form of disruption-putting them on the front lines-has been car-powered. In Los Angeles, Washington, and especially Chicago, loose networks of neighborhood-watch groups have organized to detect federal immigration officers and warn people about their presence. They send out online notices and alerts; in the streets, they trail federal vehicles, honking horns and blowing whistles to form a rolling alarm system."
Federal agents have been deployed to Democratic-run sanctuary cities over several months, producing protests and social-media content. Sustained pressure on ICE to increase deportations has unsettled both officers and residents. Activists have shifted to car-powered disruption, organizing neighborhood-watch networks that send online alerts, trail federal vehicles, and create rolling alarm systems with horns and whistles. Participants range from trained organizers to improvisational volunteers alarmed by masked, armed agents operating in unmarked cars. The motivations behind Renee Nicole Good stopping her SUV in Minneapolis are under FBI investigation amid conflicting claims from Department of Homeland Security and Good's family.
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