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Uncommon Knowledge: Amid Calls To Abolish ICE, Has Trump Made America Safe Again?
['Newsweek Editors']
Newsweek
It calls for more local detectives and police, higher clearance rates, and federal help for crime labs and intelligence centers.
"ICE is a rogue, violent agency… There is no reforming this lawless agency… We must abolish ICE," said Representative Ayanna Pressley, who also moved to strip ICE agents of qualified-immunity protections.
And Representative Rashida Tlaib’s office has for years argued that "ICE needs to get out of our neighborhoods now."
After Pretti’s killing, elected Democrats from the Squad to Midwestern governors explicitly called to abolish ICE.
Federal crackdowns may worsen distrust and complicate local casework, and Trump has already promised to "de-escalate a little bit" in Minnesota.