Jan 14, 2026
ICE Agents Unleash VIOLENCE On Anti-Ice Protestors
ICE agents have been filmed brutalizing a pregnant woman and other vulnerable Americans. Ana Kasparian discusses on The Young Turks.
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Not only has there been a revolt
at the U.S.
Attorney's Office in Minnesota.
There are also growing tensions
on the ground
as protesters in the wake of goods killing
clash with the thousands of Ice agents
that have been deployed in the area.
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And there are thousands.
So unfortunately,
you will see terrible video of Ice agents
acting with impunity because they know,
based on the White House's response
following the fatal shooting of good,
that they can act with impunity,
that Trump will come out,
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or a representative or spokesperson
from DHS will come out and refer
to the person that was gunned down
by a militarized federal agent
as a domestic terrorist before knowing
a single thing about her or him.
So, the immigration crackdown operation
has now grown to 2000 federal agents.
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And yesterday, the Trump administration
announced that they are planning to deploy
an additional 100 CBP officers,
local leaders and immigrant rights groups
have decried the agents conduct,
saying that they have been stopping people
based only on looks and accents.
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Often, these stops have led to violent
arrests of both immigrants and
American citizens, and that's according
to local officials and observers who have
recorded mayhem using cell phones.
So I want to share some of that evidence
with you, including one of the videos
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which shows federal agents dragging
a woman out of her car just a couple
of blocks from where Renee Good was shot.
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By police
before trying to go to a doctor up there.
That's why I moved my heart.
I am an autistic person.
I'm trying to go to the doctor.
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Just make you feel good, man.
- How?
- You guys feel good and free.
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Don't feel like you're living
in a third world police state.
Here was another case of a woman in
Minneapolis who was actually protesting.
You know, was protesting Ice operations.
So in the video we just showed you,
it was a woman who was just driving.
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Anyway, the next one,
you actually do have a protester.
Let's take a look at that.
Patty O'Keefe says she and a friend
were following Ice agents on Sunday.
When they were stopped, their car
pepper sprayed and their windows smashed.
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Before being taken
to a federal detention center.
Three Ice agents that were in the car
with me immediately started taunting me.
The driver of the car said,
you guys got to stop obstructing us.
That's why that lesbian is dead.
O'Keefe says she was held for eight hours
before being released without charges.
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Released without charges
because she didn't commit a crime.
So I just want to understand.
And I'm asking a serious question.
If there are any conservatives
watching the show right now,
I genuinely want to know.
And I'm asking politely.
I know that this isn't happening
in your part of town.
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It's very unlikely happening
in your part of town.
Usually these Ice agents are deployed
in blue cities, blue states.
I get it.
But would you enjoy this
in your city or your town?
Would you be okay with Ice agents
knocking door to door,
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asking whether or not the people living
in the home are American citizens?
Would you be okay knowing your child,
for instance, is at target working
and gets harassed by an Ice agent?
Demanding answers when you know your kid
is an American citizen.
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Doesn't have doesn't have
to answer a damn thing.
Number one doesn't need to be harassed
while at work at a target parking lot,
gets roughed up by the Ice agents,
and then later bloodied
and dropped off at a Walmart.
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Would you be okay with that?
Because let me just say something.
Let's say we live in a weird,
topsy turvy world where we have President
Joe Biden doing what Trump is doing now,
but specifically deploying militarized
federal agents in red parts of this
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country, Republican parts of this country.
I'd be horrified because I don't want
to live in a police state,
and I don't want my fellow Americans
to be brutalized like this.
And I just don't really understand
how the small government Republicans,
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who are always purporting to be
terrified of government tyranny, are
like pleasuring themselves to this stuff.
Based on what I'm seeing online, Partizan
brain rot has destroyed this country
to a point where we have so effectively
dehumanized each other so effectively.
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All you have to do
is identify as a Democrat, and you'll have
a significant portion of Republican voters
dehumanizing you, and vice versa.
By the way, vice versa. And it's wrong.
And the country is not going to survive
under that type of atmosphere
and that type of culture.
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So, at a different Ice protest in Santa
Ana and we can't show you guys this video.
Number one, it's too gruesome.
Number number two, it's copyrighted.
There was a protester
bleeding from the head.
It appears after being hit
with a rubber bullet.
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He was then dragged by a DHS officer
into a federal building.
Now, this, individual is a 21 year old.
Federal agents have also repeatedly used
flash bangs and pepper spray
against protesters.
During my CNN panel, we actually debated
those protests and the actions of Ice.
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And I pointed out the fact that, you know,
under a different president who actually
deported far more people, we didn't see
this type of chaos on the streets.
Let's take a look.
And there's no one out there
celebrating what happened,
except for maybe the fringes of fringe
on X. People generally accept that.
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This was a tough call, I think.
I don't think so.
- DHS came out immediately.
- And called her a domestic terrorist.
Oh. I'm sorry. No, that was a response.
That was a response.
Normalizing militarized federal agents
roaming the streets under
the false pretense of mass deportations.
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I'm sorry, but the deporter in chief,
Barack Obama, didn't have militarized
Ice agents roaming the streets
in order to do the proper operations.
- And.
- Doing right.
And I honestly can't I can't handle
the polite discussions about this.
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I can't I can't like every administration.
Our quality of life
and our rights are degraded.
And it's because everything
just gets normalized.
And I don't want this normalized.
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I believe in protecting our borders.
Sorry to the open borders, people.
I think you're wrong.
I think it's important
to enforce our immigration laws.
However, I am not in favor
of the federal government
doing what it's doing right now.
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I am not okay with seeing militarized
federal agents roaming the streets.
Now I want to move on to the public
and how they're feeling about this.
Okay.
Because the majority of the public
agrees with me
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that ICE's brutal conduct is unnecessary.
I'm not being crazy. I don't have TDs.
I believe in American values,
and what we're seeing on our streets
is against American values.
And turns out, you know,
this Quinnipiac poll finds the majority of
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Americans agree with me. 57% of Americans
disapprove of the way Ice
is enforcing immigration laws. 57%.
Only 40% approve.
And that 40%, I assure you,
are on the right.
But if the tables were turned, the numbers
and the demographics would flip.
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Because if you are afflicted
by partizan brain rot, you think
everything is okay when your side does it.
Think for yourself.
Okay. Exit the cult.
It's destroying the country.
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Ken Klippenstein writes in his new scoop,
according to documents leaked to me, not
only is the department seeking volunteers
for the apparently unpopular mission,
it is urging its agents
to maintain a low profile
and comply with the use of force policies.
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Please, please just comply with the law,
comply with the pleas.
But if you don't, don't worry.
We're not going to punish you.
We'll just smear the person
who's either maimed or killed.
And they're looking for volunteers.
So apparently, in part due to opposition
within the ranks, according to Border
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Patrol agents and other homeland Security
workers who have reached out to me.
Please begin canvasing
your personnel for volunteers.
A memo sent by the Border Patrol's
Acting Assistant Chief,
Joshua Andrew Post on Friday.
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Things are bad, and anyone who thinks what
we're experiencing is normal is wrong.
And if we let this kind of behavior stand,
if we allow this growth of federal power
to interject themselves
in our lives like this,
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like I don't I don't know where this ends.
But freedom isn't free.
You have to fight for it.
And freedom isn't a mainstay.
It can very easily be taken away.
And right now, I know there's a lot
going on in the news, but what we're
seeing on our streets is not normal.
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People shouldn't be brutalized like this.
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