ICE Operations Slow as New Laws Leave Agents Exposed to LawsuitsAcross several U.S. states, immigration enforcement is no longer moving at its usual pace. Federal agents are operating in communities where personal legal exposure has become a live concern, not a hypothetical one. Federal agents are reported to be more selective about where and how they operate, particularly in states where similar laws are advancing. Opponents warn that exposing agents to personal liability will chill enforcement and fragment the application of federal law. What has arrived is delay — driven not by a ruling, but by unresolved legal risk.