The Preamble

The Preamble

One Year of ICE 2.0

Stats on the impact of ICE’s first year back under Trump

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Casey Burgat
Jan 23, 2026
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When Donald Trump returned to the White House in January 2025, he did so with a familiar promise: immigration enforcement would no longer be cautious, quiet, or restrained. Interior enforcement would surge. Deportations would accelerate. And ICE would be unleashed to do what the administration argued it had been prevented from doing for years.

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Associate Professor at George Washington University, author of WE HOLD THESE "TRUTHS", former Congress staffer, eternal optimist, unhealthy sports fan.
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