The NYT reported on the expansion of the powers of ICE employees in the United States

The US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has expanded the powers of its employees, allowing them to detain people without a prior arrest warrant. This was reported on January 30 by The New York Times (NYT), citing interviewed experts.

"Amid the tension caused by the tightening of the immigration policy of the President [of the United States Donald] After Trump's arrest in Minnesota and beyond, federal agents were informed this week of the expansion of their powers to arrest individuals without a warrant," the article says.

Previously, such measures were applied only if the agent believed that a suspect in violation of migration laws could evade proceedings and not attend a hearing on his case.

Experts interviewed by the newspaper noted that the new interpretation gives agents broad powers and effectively negates the need to obtain a warrant, which can lead to the detention of almost anyone at the discretion of federal employees.

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The CBS television channel, citing the Department of Homeland Security, reported on January 7 that an ICE officer who was doing his job in Minneapolis shot and killed a 37-year-old woman there. After the incident, the first mass protests began in the city. Some time later, Fox News reported that another border guard officer opened fire on an armed man, who later died.

As a result of the incident, strikes began in Minneapolis, in which almost 100 thousand people took part. On January 12, protesters against the actions of ICE rallied in front of the 58-storey skyscraper Trump Tower in New York.

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