Inside the ‘shadow surge’ driving ICE arrests to new heights

An OHP trooper talks with a driver that was pulled over for speeding during a joint operation between OHP and ICE in Pittsburg County, Oklahoma on September 3, 2026.

After federal immigration agents ended their aggressive enforcement blitzes in the streets of Minneapolis and Chicago, President Donald Trump promised mass deportations with “a little bit of a softer touch.”

Originally published on themarshallproject.org, part of the BLOX Digital Content Exchange.

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