I was a lawyer for Ice. Mass deportations don’t make us safer | Veronica Cardenas

US immigration has become a machine of surveillance and fear. We're already seeing the consequences

This month marks 22 years since the creation of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Ice).

Created in the wake of 9/11 under the guise of national security, Ice was supposed to target real threats. Instead, it has become a machine of mass surveillance, indiscriminate arrests and fear-based enforcement that does little to keep us safer. Over the years, the harshest post-9/11 policies were rolled back after proving ineffective. But today, we are watching history repeat itself.