Advocacy report on ICE abuses from @fightforprogress
The narrator presents an argument that ICE under the Trump administration abused its power, using the resignation of a Trump-appointed prosecutor, Joe Thompson, as the primary evidence. The narrator explains that Thompson and five other prosecutors quit after being pressured to investigate the widow of a woman killed by an ICE agent, rather than the agent himself. The video supports this claim with a montage of clips showing other alleged ICE abuses, such as arresting citizens and conducting raids, concluding that the agency is acting like an 'untrained secret police force.'
Creator: @fightforprogress on Instagram
Transcript
If you still needed a clear sign that Trump's ICE is abusing his power, a top federal prosecutor just made things much clearer. Joe Thompson, a Trump appointed prosecutor in Minnesota, just quit after senior officials refused to investigate the ICE agent who killed Renee Good last week and instead demanded the federal prosecutors to open an investigation into the victim's widow. Let that sink in. A Trump appointed conservative prosecutor is signaling this is too far. And he's not the only one. F
Topics: Politics
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