what trump is up to in the i.c.e. era. is what i.c.e. is different than previous presidents and under obama? the short answer is yes. the longer answer is that if you look at the numbers, i.c.e. aren t arresting more people than in 2009 or 2010, the early years of the obama administration when they were at peak deporter and chief as activists used to call ocobama. what is different is there is much less of a push and pull with local activists on the ground. in cases like this when a sympath sympathic person would get detained, there would be a community rally and i.c.e. would back off. now what is happening is they are making a show in many cases of deporting a person no matter how much community support they have behind them, even if members of congress say they
aren t arresting more people than in 2009 or 2010, the early years of the obama administration when they were at peak deporter and chief as activists used to obama. what is different is there is much less of a push and pull with local activists on the ground. in cases like this when a sympathic person would get detained, there would be a community rally and i.c.e. would back off. now what is happening is they are making a show in many cases of deporting a person no matter how much community support they have behind them, even if members of congress say they should stay in their communities and being pretty defensive about it. their social media accounts will tweet out things about how, you know, it s perfectly legal for them to be doing what they are doing instead of having response and going, oh, if this person is