ACLU report logs force in nearly 1 in 3 ICE operations
Why it matters: The review counted more than 1,200 operations in eight states and documented over 400 cases of agents pushing, tackling or pinning people down.
A new American Civil Liberties Union report found force or the threat of force in nearly one-third of more than 1,200 immigration enforcement operations involving ICE officers or partner law enforcement agencies across eight states. The review covers incidents from January 2025 through the end of last year, during President Donald Trump's intensified deportation campaign. Researchers documented agents pushing, tackling or pinning people to the ground more than 400 times and using weapons such as chemical irritants, rubber bullets and tasers about as often. The report also identified dozens of cases involving chokeholds or an officer's knee pressed into a person's neck, tactics many local police departments restrict or ban. ICE and the Department of Homeland Security did not respond to questions about the findings.