"Caleb Vitello, at the time the official tasked with overseeing field and enforcement operations at ICE, was informed on March 20 that ICE officers had reported 67 incidents where they had used force in the first two months of Trump's term, according to the emails. In the same time frame in 2024, that number was 17 incidents, representing a nearly four-fold increase."
"It must be considered axiomatic by now that the president's only real gift in politics is recognizing and energizing the worst instincts of everyone he touches, and a McGyver-esque talent for finding the worst possible use for every institution at his disposal through which the members of his cult can exercise those worst instincts. It is his superpower. Combine an administration filled with the president's poison with an armed militia operating in the field, and what did anyone expect?"
Top Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials were informed as early as March that officers were using significantly more force against civilians and enforcement targets nationwide. Internal emails obtained via a Freedom of Information Act request by American Oversight indicate both lethal and non-lethal force usage rose rapidly after President Trump took office. Caleb Vitello was notified on March 20 that officers reported 67 force incidents in the first two months of Trump's term, compared with 17 incidents in the same time frame in 2024, a nearly four-fold increase. Some bureaucrats released emails seeking to curb the trend.
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