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How ICE Was Supercharged: Ideology, Executive Authority, and the Growth of Immigration Raids
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- Apr 2, 2026
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Send us Fan Mail In Episode 15 of Surviving Trump, we examine how ICE was strengthened, accelerated, and reoriented during Trump’s second term. This episode is not about one raid. It’s about how enforcement expanded — through political rhetoric, executive authority, internal policy directives, institutional loyalty, and rapid hiring. When those forces align, operations intensify. Arrests increase. Detention grows. Procedural safeguards narrow. Episode 15 breaks down how that alignment takes s...