The Deportation Gestapo: ICE, Private Prisons, and the Criminalization of Existence

Introduction: No More Euphemisms

The United States has, over the past few decades, embraced a dangerous transformation in its approach to immigration enforcement. Agencies like Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and its supporting organizations, such as Customs and Border Protection (CBP), were not simply created as a reaction to terrorism or nati…