Top headline: KATV, 12/3/2025
Graphic and bottom headline: New York Times, 12/4/2025
Albert Sun reports for the Times on the performative actions of ICE agents:
The federal deployments that have swept through major cities as part of President Trump’s immigration crackdown have led to thousands of arrests. But they have been less effective at apprehending immigrants with a criminal record than more routine operations elsewhere, new data shows.
In high-profile Immigration and Customs Enforcement operations in Los Angeles; Chicago; Washington, D.C.; and across Massachusetts, more than half of those arrested had no criminal record, compared with a third of immigrants arrested nationwide.
The Trump administration has said that the aggressive operations are necessary because so-called sanctuary city policies have made it harder for ICE agents to go after immigrants who have committed crimes. It has deployed other federal forces, including Border Patrol and the National Guard, to expand its crackdown.
The operations have upended life for many residents and prompted protests and backlash. Local leaders say they have done little to make their cities safer. [emphasis added]
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