Alex Ossola

So it had me wondering, what is ICE actually supposed to do?

And how has that changed during President Trump's second term?

I discuss these and more questions with Michelle Hackman, who covers immigration policy for The Journal.

Michelle, it feels like ICE has been around for a long time, but actually the modern iteration of the agency was only created in the early 2000s.

How did it come to be and what was its founding mandate?

And how does ICE differ from other border security, for example?

Yeah, I'm glad you brought up the tactics because that's something that really has come into focus a lot since President Trump started his second term.

But I'm curious what kind of training ICE agents receive.

It seems like some of that training is evolving based on what agents are allowed to or expected to do.

How have we seen that play out?

One of the things that's come up over the past year or so, especially in some of these legal challenges of ICE's actions, is this concept of reasonable suspicion.

What is that and how is that kind of shifting?

I understand that there's a pretty changing standard around whether ICE is allowed to enter your home without a warrant.

What's going on there?

Coming up, what happens to the people that ICE detains and potential impacts of legal challenges against the agency.

That's after the break.

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What is happening these days to people who are detained?

I remember back to the first Trump administration, there was the child separation policy that got a lot of attention.

But let's say that you are in the country illegally.