ICE’s Expanding Authority Under Trump

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🗓️ 25 January 2026

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A massive immigration crackdown in Minneapolis has turned the city into a tinderbox and renewed questions about ICE’s growing power. WSJ reporter Michelle Hackman discusses how the agency is shifting tactics, from cutting training requirements to entering homes without warrants signed by a judge. Plus, the legal challenges that lie ahead. Alex Ossola hosts. Further Reading: ICE Moves to Enter Homes Without Warrants Signed by a Judge We Spent Six Hours at ICE Training School. Here’s What We Learned. Target’s Stores Become an ICE Battleground in Hometown Minneapolis The ICE Standoff in Minneapolis Has Become the Political Issue CEOs Can’t Ignore Four Immigration Cases Are Testing the Limits of Trump’s Power Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:33.3	Hey, what's news listeners. It's Sunday, January 25th. I'm Alex Oslo for the Wall Street Journal.
0:39.6	This is What's News Sunday, the show where we tackle the big questions about the biggest stories in the news by reaching out to our colleagues across the newsroom to help explain what's happening in our world.
0:49.2	On today's show, the Trump administration's immigration tactics have been on display in Minneapolis.
0:54.6	Residents have been pushing back and it's turned the city into a tinderbox.
0:58.9	Now as immigration officers deploy elsewhere in the country, we're honing in on ice
1:03.5	to understand the changing landscape of what agents are allowed to do and potential challenges to that authority.
1:12.1	Earlier this month, the Immigration and Customs Enforcement Agency sent more than 2,000
1:16.8	people to Minneapolis.
1:18.6	According to the Department of Homeland Security, immigration agents have arrested 3,000
1:22.6	people with alleged criminal histories who they say were in the U.S. illegally, since mid-December,
1:28.2	calling the effort, quote, a huge victory for public safety. However, ICE's increased presence
1:33.4	and the shooting of Renee Good by an ICE officer earlier this month have sparked protests in the
1:38.1	city and across the country, adding to clashes between locals and immigration agents that have
1:42.8	swept through U.S. cities over the past year. So it had me wondering, what is ICE actually supposed to do?
1:49.4	And how has that changed during President Trump's second term? I discussed these and more
1:54.2	questions with Michelle Hackman, who covers immigration policy for the journal.
2:00.1	Michelle, it feels like ICE has been around for a long time, but actually the modern
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