Trump’s ICE shakeup

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🗓️ 4 November 2025

⏱️ 27 minutes

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The president wants more arrests and faster deportations of unauthorized immigrants. Which means the shock-and-awe enforcement campaigns might get even more chaotic. This episode was produced by Denise Guerra with help from Miles Bryan, edited by Jolie Myers, fact-checked by Laura Bullard, engineered by Patrick Boyd and hosted by Astead Herndon. Federal agents in Chicago. Photo by KAMIL KRZACZYNSKI/AFP via Getty Images. Listen to Today, Explained ad-free by becoming a Vox Member: vox.com/members. New Vox members get $20 off their membership right now. Transcript at ⁠vox.com/today-explained-podcast.⁠ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	President Trump's immigration crackdown has already sown anger and confusion.
0:05.0	This guy in the glasses took his gun out and pointed in innocent,
0:08.0	bisoners, right there.
0:11.0	Ice go home!
0:13.0	Get the f*** in Chicago! You cowards! You're terrorists!
0:18.0	Some in the communities say the tactics are too aggressive.
0:22.6	Video taken last weekend shows agents using tear gas at a Halloween parade.
0:27.6	But here's the thing.
0:29.6	The White House thinks this doesn't go nearly far enough.
0:33.6	You're okay with those tactics.
0:34.6	Yeah, because you have to get the people out, you know.
0:36.6	President Trump is shaking things up at ice, and he's doing so with an explicit goal.
0:42.1	More arrest, more deportations, more chaos.
0:47.8	While the next phase of Trump's immigration agenda could be even more dramatic than the previous ones.
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