How ICE accountability has changed under Trump
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What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
Good morning. Federal and local government battle over the ICE presence in Minnesota. As protesters call for accountability for a fatal shooting, NBC explains how oversight has changed in Trump's second term.
And even though ICE is now the most well-funded law enforcement agency in the entire country, not a dollar of that money went toward accountability.
USA Today breaks down a major Supreme Court case for transgender athletes being heard today, and why the first stop on your way to the American dream, the starter home, is fading fast.
Well, if you don't become a homeowner, how does that change your entire economic future?
What recent events have prompted calls for ICE accountability?
It's Tuesday, January 13th. I'm Shamita Basu. This is Apple News Today. As Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem announced plans to expand the presence of ICE agents in Minneapolis, city and state government is suing the administration to halt the crackdown.
How has oversight of ICE changed during Trump's administration?
Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison said the surge had sown chaos in the Twin Cities.
The deployment of thousands of armed mass DHS agents to Minnesota has done our state serious harm. This is, in essence, a federal invasion of the Twin Cities and Minnesota, and it must stop.
The administration has defended the agent's decision to fire at Renee Nicole Good, even before an investigation concludes. The FBI is looking into the incident, but has refused to involve state officials, leading Governor Tim Walz to question the legitimacy of that investigation. As politicians debate even the nature of the investigation, it's raised questions over how ICE and Border Patrol accountability actually works in practice, with many of the protesters over the weekend demanding more scrutiny. In Chicago last October, for example, a Border Patrol officer shot and injured a woman who was driving around warning people of ICE presence. Similar to Minneapolis, that officer claimed they were defending themselves from a car ramming.
And in Los Angeles, officers last summer hid in a rental truck and detained day laborers at a Home Depot parking lot in an operation they called Trojan Horse.
So there are really two ends of the spectrum when it comes to how ICE trains its officers and what they're allowed to do.
Julia Ainsley is a senior Homeland Security correspondent at NBC News.
On one end, you have what would be outside of the scope of duties. Say an ICE officer starts a bar fight while on duty and somebody gets hurt. That's outside of their scope of what they're supposed to do as a federal officer. And so the federal government wouldn't even protect that officer in a court of law to defend those actions. Then on the far other end, you have best practices.
Best practices, Ainsley says, is what officers learn in training but are not mandated rules. And even if officers don't always follow them, they're still protected since it falls under the scope of their duties.
What are the implications of the Supreme Court case on transgender athletes?
That's where goods shooting falls, according to the government.
What I do hear from DHS officials who are looking at this video, they say it was not within the best practices to step in front of the car. And you see that this officer walks around the car and makes the choice to come back in front of it. And we didn't see that in the first video, but now we see a much longer interaction where he's really walking around the car. And that was his choice to cross in front of her. And so that would be against the best practices.
Ainsley also told us federal cutbacks have hampered DHS's ability to hold its own officers accountable.
There is an office that was with Inside ICE that would do more of these investigations into officer conduct that has been eroded under this administration. You also see weakened inspector generals throughout the entire federal government.
DHS has also cut staff at agencies that are watchdogs who investigate misuse or excessive use of force. The administration called them roadblocks to enforcement.
Doge took really a sledgehammer across the federal government, but DHS was not a place where they were especially heavy-handed.
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Chapters
6 chapters
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What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
0:05–0:46
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What recent events have prompted calls for ICE accountability?
0:46–1:08
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How has oversight of ICE changed during Trump's administration?
1:08–3:10
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What are the implications of the Supreme Court case on transgender athletes?
3:10–4:23
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Why are starter homes becoming increasingly inaccessible for first-time buyers?
4:23–5:43
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What factors contribute to the rising costs of homeownership?
5:43–14:38
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