ICE airport arrests are climbing as Trump immigration crackdown intensifies
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U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has expanded operations to target immigrants passing through airports, with terminal arrests peaking. CBS News' Camilo Montoya-Galvez has more on this story.
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The expanded enforcement has drawn attention after videos showed plainclothes ICE agents detaining passengers at boarding gates, airport corridors and even aboard aircraft
ICE has more than doubled arrests at U.S. airports since launching an enforcement initiative last summer, a senior DHS official says, part of a broader crackdown that has now reached security checkpoints in at least nine states.
Airlines are engaged in a tense battle with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) over the federal agency’s efforts to arrest more targets at airports. As the Trump administration ramps up its mass deportation campaign, ICE officers have increasingly been seen making arrests at airports.
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has expanded operations to target immigrants passing through airports, with terminal arrests peaking. CBS News' Camilo Montoya-Galvez has more on this story.
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