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DHS Says Filming, Posting Videos of ICE Agents Is “Doxxing,” Vows Prosecutions

Recording on-duty law enforcement agents is protected by the First Amendment.

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WaPo: One-Quarter of FBI’s Agents Assigned to Immigration Enforcement

In immigration news, The Washington Post reports nearly a quarter of the FBI’s roughly 13,000 agents are currently assigned to immigration enforcement, with the number climbing to upward of 40% in the largest FBI field offices. Data show agents have been pulled from investigations into cybercrimes, drug trafficking, terrorism, counterintelligence and more. Meanwhile, Apple has quietly removed the citizen reporting app DeICER from its App Store. The app is used by activists and immigrant communities to track ICE activity. Migrant Insider reports the decision effectively treats federal immigration agents as a protected class — a novel interpretation of Apple’s hate speech policy that shields one of the most powerful arms of the federal government from public scrutiny.

“We Do Not Want Federal Troops”: Oregon Rejects Trump’s Plan to Send Forces to Portland

President Trump has directed 200 members of the Oregon National Guard to be deployed to Portland, claiming troops are necessary to “protect War ravaged Portland, and any of our ICE Facilities under siege from attack by Antifa, and other domestic terrorists.” Trump’s order comes after he signed an executive order claiming the decentralized antifa movement is a “domestic terror organization.” “There is nothing going on right now in Portland or any part of Oregon that requires him to send in the federal military,” says Sandy Chung, executive director of the ACLU of Oregon.