America’s Immigration War Comes Home: Protests, DHS Controversy, and the Push to Dismantle ICE

The Intercept Briefing surveys how the Trump administration’s aggressive deportation push has triggered a national backlash, focusing on Minnesota where thousands protested after an ICE shooting and where federal agents’ presence raised surveillance and civil‑rights concerns. Through interviews with a Minneapolis reporter, Rep. Delia Ramirez, and immigration historians and critics, the piece discusses the scale of deployments, questions of use‑of‑force and accountability, and legislative efforts to constrain or dismantle DHS/ICE. It situates Minnesota in a longer history of mass deportation and racialized enforcement, arguing that meaningful change will require sustained, cross‑partisan organizing and moves to reform or defund the Homeland Security apparatus, not just policy tweaks.