ICE’s Homeland Security Investigations are engaged in far-reaching spying against left-wing activists that rivals the FBI and CIA crackdowns on the Civil Rights and anti-war movements.
Under ERO ONE, Immigration and Customs Enforcement plans to hire 142 intelligence contractors with top secret clearances and deploy them in cities across the country.
Almost 1,000 armed security officers have been sent to at least 55 post office facilities. The security officers were contracted through multinational private security company Prosegur, according to a Raw Story investigation.
This year, several worker groups hosted democratic assemblies in Minneapolis during Operation Metro Surge. New documents show how they were surveilled for Operation Puppet Master.
“Hiding prisoners from the courts is unconstitutional,” said one expert.
Workers and community members gave public testimony at the Convergence for Democracy about the human rights violations they experienced during Operation Metro Surge.
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No one is safe from ICE terror.
Pierre Damas Bel, 20, died by suicide after being fitted with a tracking device by ICE. ‘That ankle monitor is what killed him,’ a family friend said.
By creating “Sanctuary Zones” that refuse to cooperate with ICE or police, a coalition in Atlanta is building the infrastructure to practice real community safety.
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