Tag: ICE
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Show Me the Insurrection
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Trump has backed down – for the moment – from invoking the Insurrection Act. But what is it, and how does a mish-mash of laws keep us safe? Do they prevent us from abuses by the President? The Insurrection Act was originally passed in 1807 and was signed into law…
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What is the Department of Homeland Security?
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Unfortunately, there is no easy answer to this question. The Department of Homeland Security remains one of the most complex, opaque organizations in the history of the government of the United States. Following the 9/11/2001 attacks, President George W. Bush introduced the idea of an abstruse “war on terror,” emphasizing…
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What’s the Deal With ICE?
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These days, the Office of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), a division of the Department of Homeland Security, has become an amorphous behemoth, with certain characteristics that hearken back to its original mandate – but with many more that defy easy categorization. As it was formulated, ICE was a civil…