How ICE Became Trump’s Very Own Paramilitary Force

In the immediate wake of reports of an ICE-involved shooting on Minneapolis’ north side, agents fire multiple rounds of tear gas, pepper balls, and flash bangs to keep the public at a distance.Dave Decker/ZUMA

Over the last few weeks, Minneapolis has looked like a city under siege. The Trump administration has sent roughly 3,000 federal agents to Minnesota in what Todd Lyons, acting director of Immigration and Customs Enforcement, has called the “largest immigration operation ever.”

This comes as protests have spread........

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