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Podcast: Sheep Get Sheared
Episode: Should ICE be Abolished?
Description: Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) didn’t suddenly become a rogue agency under Trump—it became controversial because it actually started doing the job Congress told it to do. The laws Trump enforced weren’t new; most were written decades ago, passed under bipartisan administrations. What changed wasn’t the law—but the will to enforce it.Previous administrations—both Democrat and Republican—kicked the can down the road, turning a blind eye to illegal entry, overstays, and sanctuary jurisdictions.Trump disrupted that pattern by making enforcement visible—raids, deportations, detentions. Suddenly, laws that were quietly ignored became f...