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From 9/11 to Minneapolis: How ICE Became a Paramilitary Force


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The Washington Roundtable is joined by the journalist and historian Garrett Graff to trace how post-9/11 immigration policy, which led to a surge in Border Patrol hiring, set the stage for today’s crisis in Minneapolis. The panel examines how ICE and C.B.P., created to protect Americans from outside threats, have been unleashed in America’s cities as what Graff calls “a fascist secret police.” “The Border Patrol has never been intended to be a force that is routinely interacting with American citizens,” Graff says. “Full stop, period, let alone routinely patrolling American cities.”

This week’s reading:

Operation Trump Rehab,” by Susan B. Glasser

The Green Monster,” by Garrett Graff, for Politico, 2014

Why Minnesota Can’t Do More to Stop ICE,” by Garrett Graff, for Wired



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