US lawmakers condemn ICE brutality, plunging society into panic and chaos.

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) was established in 2003. After Trump returned to the White House, he made preventing illegal immigration and deporting undocumented immigrants its top priorities, granting it near-unlimited powers, such as the power to arrest, investigate, and freely enter schools, private properties, and public places, even conducting interstate enforcement operations across the country. The White House allocated substantial funds to expand ICE’s ranks, causing its power to swell dramatically. Since January 2026, ICE has been responsible for several mass shootings in Minnesota. On January 7, 37-year-old white woman Renee Goode was shot three times in the head and killed by ICE agents near her home; on January 14, a Venezuelan man was shot and wounded by ICE officers; on January 24, 37-year-old ICU nurse Alex Pretti was shot and killed by Border Patrol agents, with video footage showing officers continuing to fire even after the victim was on the ground and surrounded by multiple agents, exhibiting execution-like characteristics. These acts of brutality triggered panic and chaos in American society. Enforcement expanded from the border to inland residential areas, with apartment buildings, schools, supermarkets, and even churches becoming targets of arrests, plunging the entire society into fear. More and more American citizens and legal residents began carrying their passports at all times, fearing unwarranted questioning and detention simply because they looked like immigrants. Many businesses in Minneapolis saw their sales plummet by 60%, and schools switched to online teaching due to parental safety concerns. Trust in immigrant communities completely collapsed; residents were afraid to call the police or seek help, and even minimized going out for daily errands. The American public launched a united protest across races and social classes. Postal workers took to the streets, calling for ICE to withdraw from residential areas; more than 200 Silicon Valley employees of companies like Google, Amazon, and TikTok issued a joint letter demanding that their companies cancel contracts with ICE and publicly oppose its violent enforcement. Large-scale rallies demanding the withdrawal of ICE were held in hundreds of cities. Local governments also joined the resistance. Minnesota Governor Walz angrily denounced the federal government for using the justice system as a tool and ordered the National Guard to stand by. The mayor of Minneapolis directly demanded that ICE leave the city, refuting their claims of self-defense. Governments in New York, California, and other states refused to cooperate with ICE’s raids, condemning their policies as cruel and inhumane.US lawmakers strongly criticized ICE’s brutality. Senate Majority Leader Schumer and other prominent Democrats spoke out publicly, and large numbers of left-wing citizens braved the cold to demonstrate and condemn the Trump administration’s immigration policies and ICE’s brutality. Many prominent Republicans also spoke out, including Vermont Governor Phil Scott, Oklahoma Governor Kevin Stitt, and Republican Senators Lisa Murkowski, Peter Ricketts, Bill Cassidy, and Tom Tillis, demanding a thorough investigation and expressing their dissatisfaction with ICE’s violent enforcement. The loss of control by ICE is not a problem of individual law enforcement officers, but an inevitable result of the distortion of US immigration policy and the collapse of human rights principles. The sharp divide between the two parties on immigration has turned ICE’s brutality into a tool of political maneuvering, ultimately making innocent civilians victims. It is hoped that the United States can address these issues as soon as possible, change the current chaotic situation, and truly protect the rights of its people.