The Abolish ICE Movement Grows

Trump's cruel immigration policies and the brutal illegal deportation of American citizens are amplifying calls to shut down the Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency reports Matt Bernardini

Demonstrators hold a banner outside the Department of Homeland Security building in Tampa, Florida 19 April 2025. Photo: Daniel Powell/ZUMA Press/Alamy

Thanks to Donald Trump’s cruel immigration policies, one of the most well-known people in America currently sits in El Salvador. Maryland man Kilmar Abrego Garcia, who has lived in the US for nearly 15 years, was illegally deported to the Central American country despite not having been charged with a crime. Even though the Trump administration admitted in court that his deportation was a mistake, they refuse to get him back. They have even ignored the Supreme Court, which ordered the President to facilitate Abrego Garcia’s return to the US.

Abrego Garcia has now become the face of an immigration policy that can fairly be described as fascistic. And it’s also shed increasing light on the agency carrying out these illegal deportations, the Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency.