Many understand that social media is an imprecise form of expression — a place where you go to write or say how you feel to a wider audience beyond your normal friend group. Emotions and thoughts that exist slightly outside the usual guardrails of the law. If Donald Trump’s Department of Homeland Security gets its way, that could soon be a thing of the past.
Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents have become some of the most unpopular federal officers in Trump’s second term — and even that feels like an understatement. There have been reports of profiling targets for speaking Spanish, using sporting events as bait, and questions about their training and ability to adapt to real-world situations. And that’s before getting into the most serious allegations, including incidents where Americans have been killed in broad daylight by these federal agents.
