How ICE Spies On American Citizens

WIRED
Aug 28, 2025

You’ve probably seen the aggressive tactics employed by Immigrations Customs and Enforcement agents at the dawn of the second Trump administration. While many people find these videos disturbing, others question why it should matter to them at all if they’re not in the country illegally. Today, WIRED breaks down how ICE’s unprecedented expansion will actually affect every person in the US—citizen or otherwise.

00:00 - Incognito Mode: ICE
00:29 - Social Media Monitoring
02:20 - Facial Recognition
03:47 - Data Brokers
04:37 - 287G
05:53 - Targeting Non-Immigrants
06:35 - The Expansion of ICE
08:25 - What Can You Do?