Internal communications between Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials show that they were aware, just two months into President Donald Trump’s second administration, that reports of ICE officers using force had risen 353 percent compared to the previous year.
Long before the administration launched deadly immigration enforcement operations in Minnesota, ICE officials had reported 67 use-of-force incidents between January 19, 2025, and March 20, 2025, according to emails obtained in a Freedom of Information Act request by American Oversight.
