Report Details How Often Immigration Agents Used Force During Traffic Stops
“Agents used their vehicles recklessly to conduct enforcement,” the ACLU review states
The ACLU report concludes that agents used force and the threat of force as default tactics and tools to coerce immediate compliance rather than to respond to a threat, and that the incidents represent a small fraction of the immigration enforcement activity that “exploded to unprecedented levels” after Trump took office in January 2025. Anthony Behar/Sipa USA via AP
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