Graphic detail | Protests in America

Six charts show ICE’s expanding immigration crackdown

Their operations have sparked protests beyond Los Angeles. What next?

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AFTER A WEEK of demonstrations, graffiti reading “Fuck ICE” covers downtown Los Angeles. Protesters have focused on Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), the agency charged with inland deportations, when denouncing President Donald Trump’s clampdown on illegal immigrants. The charts below trace how the administration is tightening immigration enforcement, who federal agents are targeting and the obstacles ahead.

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