Stun Grenades, Armored Trucks in ICE Raids Spur Tensions (1)

The Trump administration is intensifying efforts to round up migrants and it’s using increasingly aggressive tactics.

In scenes from Los Angeles to Massachusetts, agents outfitted with bullet-resistant vests and often displaying military-style rifles are shown in social media videos and photos being escorted along city streets by armored vehicles. A clip from Rhode Island shows an agent standing in a truck’s open hatch, manning a rifle.

ICE and HSI police in front of a van after taking a person into custody outside an immigration court in Phoenix.

Photographer: Ross D. Franklin/AP Photo

Teams of US Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents deployed heavily armed and helmeted officers to make arrests Friday around LA.

In the downtown Fashion District, according to video posted to X, agents ...