ICE agent

Deportation law officer

An ICE agent is a federal law enforcement officer who works for U.S.

Immigration and Customs Enforcement, the agency responsible for immigration enforcement and customs investigations.

ICE agents conduct raids, detain undocumented immigrants, and investigate smuggling and trafficking.

The term often appears in news about deportations and immigration policy: ICE agents arrested dozens at the workplace raid.

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border patrol · enforcement · detention · detention center · raid · dawn raid · undocumented · legal status · federal · badge · handcuffs · arrest · patrol · customs · homeland · fugitive · sweep · checkpoint

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enforcement role

ICE agentimmigration lawyer

Attorney for foreign nationals

immigration attorney · undocumented immigrant · public defender · legal aid attorney · coyote

institutional allegiance

ICE agentcommunity organizer

Local collective-action leader

symbolic/political valence

ICE agentasylum seeker

One requesting official protection

Family

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Mostly American · Concrete · Negative · Everyday, not technical · Rated PG