Gestapo & Posse Comitatus
Posse Comitatus
A military state to suppress people and prevent an uprising. ICE is here to normalize militarization.
2017
2017-02-12 During a Face the Nation interview, Stephen Miller denounced Judiciary power, talked about immigration, and announced “a great rebuilding of the armed forces” with “unquestioned military strength”.
2017-02-13 During his first term, Trump ramped up ICE enforcement as the first “surge”.
https://www.americanimmigrationcouncil.org/blog/immigration-enforcement-trump-first-surge/
https://time.com/7292939/trump-deportations-ice-arrests/
2025 January
2025-01-20 Trump rescinded Executive Order 14074 Advancing Effective, Accountable Policing and Criminal Justice Practices To Enhance Public Trust and Public Safety.
2025 May
2025-05-22 ICE started showing up at immigration hearings to arrest people.
2025-05-29 On Fox News, Stephen Miller declared the administration was pursuing “a minimum of 3000 arrests for ICE every day”.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-administration-aims-3000-arrests-illegal-immigrants-each-day
2025-05-29 Tom Homan confirmed a Fox host inquiry about a 3000 per day arrest quota, stating they were increasing their efforts tenfold.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-administration-aims-3000-arrests-illegal-immigrants-each-day
2025 June
2025-06-07 National Guard troops were deployed to Los Angeles in response to anti-ICE raids.
2025 July
2025-07-01 The Senate passed an unprecedented $170 billion in spending for immigration enforcement.
2025-07-07 Karoline Leavitt addressed Operation Summer Heat saying, “has our murder rate trending in the lowest direction in United States history”.
2025-07-16 The National Guard pulled 2000 troops back out of Los Angeles after numerous protests and allegations that the Trump administration was violating the Posse Comitatus Act.
https://www.npr.org/2025/07/16/nx-s1-5469676/la-national-guard-deployment
2025-07-30 In a court document, the White House denied that there was a 3000-per-day arrest quota, stating that it was more of a goal.
2025 August
2025-08-05 Trump threatened federal control of Washington D.C. after Edward “Big Balls” Coristine was attacked.
https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/114977985620971126
2025-08-11 Trump sent the National Guard to Washington D.C. despite a 30-year low in crime.
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cm2110me5g4o
2025-08-24 Trump threatened to send troops to Baltimore after a verbal dispute with the Maryland Governor. Following Governor Wes Moore ‘s invitation to show Trump Baltimore’s low crime rates, Trump sent out a message on social media, accusing Moore of fudging his figures.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/wes-moore-trump-crime-rhetoric-face-the-nation-08-24-2025/
2025-08-25 National Guard troops in Washington D.C. were given orders to carry weapons.
https://www.cnn.com/2025/08/24/politics/national-guard-dc-weapons
2025-08-25 Trump threatened to send military forces into Chicago.
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/08/25/trump-national-guard-chicago-00523253
2025-08-25 Governor Pritzker warned of authoritarian creep and a dangerous power grab.
https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=1608455650508903
2025-08-28 Tom Homan said he would ramp up ICE in Los Angeles and stage in Chicago.
2025-08-31 Kristi Noem confirmed plans to extend ICE into Chicago.
2025 September
2025-09-02 A judge ruled that Trump broke the law by sending National Guard troops to Los Angeles.
https://calmatters.org/justice/2025/09/trump-national-guard-posse-comitatus/
2025-09-02 Trump attempted to utilize the Texas National Guard for deployment to Chicago.
2025-09-04 A man in Bremerton Washington was caught impersonating an officer, casting further doubt on the legitimacy of masked or undercover agents making immigration arrests.
2025-09-06 Trump posted an AI-generated “Chipocalypse now” meme targeting Chicago’s mayor.
https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/115158096026629509
https://x.com/GovPritzker/status/1964367057052701152
2025-09-08 The Supreme Court lifted restrictions on Los Angeles ICE raids, allowing ICE more freedom to make immigration stops.
2025-09-08 DHS launched Operation Midway Blitz in Chicago, politicized a drunk driving hit and run in Illinois, and pointed fingers at the governor’s sanctuary policies.
2025-09-12 Trump claimed that the head of Union Pacific asked him to send National Guard troops to St. Louis Missouri.
2025-09-15 Trump sent National Guard troops to Memphis Tennessee despite a 25-year-low in crime.
2025-09-15 Trump threatened to federalize Washington D.C. after Mayor Muriel Bowser stated they would not cooperate with ICE.
https://www.cnn.com/2025/09/15/politics/trump-washington-dc-emergency-ice
https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/115206570863756188
2025-09-20 Faith leaders held a prayer march in front of Naval Station Great Lakes in Chicago demanding ICE agents leave.
2025-09-21 California Governor Newsom signed a law banning law enforcement from wearing masks, but the acting US Attorney refused to comply.
https://www.cnn.com/2025/09/21/us/california-mask-ban-law-enforcement-newsom
https://www.cbsnews.com/losangeles/news/essayli-newsom-federal-agent-mask-ban/
2025-09-27 Trump alleged Portland ICE facilities were under siege by Antifa, posting on social media that Portland was “war ravaged” and that he planned to authorize “full force”.
https://www.opb.org/article/2025/09/29/timeline-donald-trump-pressure-portland/
2025-09-29 Fox News used viral riot footage from 2020 to report on current protests in Portland.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/sep/05/trump-portland-video-protests
https://x.com/KatieDaviscourt/status/1963819280249807236
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/sep/28/oregon-trump-national-guard-troops-portland
2025-09-29 MSNBC interviewed retired US Army Lieutenant General Mark Hertling who expressed concern about the militarized approach in U.S. cities.
2025-09-30 Senator Tammy Duckworth said, “Our troops did not sign up to be on the streets to intimidate our neighbors”.
2025 October
2025-10-01 By October 2025, Trump only deployed military to cities governed by Democrat mayors.
2025-10-01 Benny Johnson, Chris Lewandowski and Kristi Noem claimed there would be ICE presence at the Super Bowl.
https://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local/trump-adviser-ice-super-bowl-lx/3957699/
2025-10-01 Illinois investigated ICE for numerous allegations of feuding with residents and endangering first responders.
2025-10-02 During a Memphis Safe Task Force conference, Stephen Miller told law enforcement they were “unleashed”, saying, “we are about to provide you with a level of support that you cannot even imagine”.
2025-10-17 Tennessee leaders sued Trump for deploying the National Guard to Memphis.
2025-10-27 During his visit to Japan Trump stated he might send full-service military to our cities instead of the National Guard.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-says-he-could-send-army-navy-air-force-marines-to-us-cities/
2025 November
2025-11-14 The Trump administration announced Operation Swamp Sweep in New Orleans, which they later renamed Operation Catahoula Crunch. The DHS operations included armored vehicles and special ops.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/charlotte-new-orleans-border-patrol-immigration-trump/
https://lailluminator.com/2025/12/03/immigration-new-orleans/
2025-11-14 Local departments in Charlotte, North Carolina said they were not made aware that ICE would be arriving in their hometown.
https://www.cnn.com/2025/11/17/us/charlotte-north-carolina-immigration-border-patrol
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-immigration-raids-begin-charlotte-nc-2025-11-15/
2025 December
2025-12-31 ICE used online influencer and geo-targeting to recruit a specific type of ICE candidate; anyone who followed UFC fights or NASCAR, lived near military bases, or exhibit conservative values.
https://mashable.com/article/ice-recruiting-social-media-influencers-leaked-document
2026 January
2026-01-13 Trump ordered the DOJ to send in 3000 more ICE troops into Minnesota, and told Minnesotans, “Fear not, great people of Minnesota, the day of reckoning and retribution is coming!”.
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/01/13/trump-minnesota-reckoning-retribution-warning-00724534
https://www.cnn.com/us/live-news/minnesota-immigration-ice-trump-minneapolis-01-13-26
https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/115888070937502023
2026-01-14 Trump’s ICE goons began going door to door asking residents to point out their immigrant neighbors.
https://immigrantjustice.org/for-immigrants/know-your-rights/ice-encounter/
2026-01-17 Border Patrol Chief Bovino was caught on video cosplaying in a Nazi-like overcoat.
2026-01-18 Colorado ICE agents started leaving ace-of-spades “death cards” in peoples’ cars.
https://www.cpr.org/2026/01/23/ice-ace-of-spades-death-cards-detained-immigrants/
2026-01-21 ICE launched “Operation Catch of the Day” in Maine and entered homes without judicial warrants.
2026-01-26 After the two public executions in Minnesota (Pretti and Good) Dan Bovino was demoted from command.
https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/2026/01/greg-bovino-demoted-minneapolis-border-patrol/685770/
https://www.mprnews.org/story/2026/03/17/gregory-bovino-to-retire-from-us-border-patrol-in-march
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c75e24grnv3o
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LzXB8-019R4
2026 February
2026-02-03 After multiple killings by ICE agents, the White House sent Tom Homan to Minneapolis and withdrew 700 of the 3000 agents from the city.
https://www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/news/700-federal-agents-leave-minneapolis-tom-homan/
2026-02-17 Kristi Noem allegedly diverted Coast Guard resources from a rescue mission to immigration enforcement.
2026-02-19 Pete Hegseth sent out a memo, pressuring DoD employees to volunteer for immigration enforcement with DHS on up to 180-day rotations.
https://www.wired.com/story/pete-hegseth-is-pushing-defense-employees-to-volunteer-for-dhs/
2026 March
2026-03-05 Trump fired Kristi Noem and replaced her with Markwayne Mullin after her unauthorized $250M ad campaign.
https://apnews.com/article/trump-homeland-security-noem-mullin-38c583b3cef97b4ef60d84b8f8b5961a
https://www.npr.org/2026/03/05/nx-s1-5667546/kristi-noem-homeland-security-fired
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/05/us/politics/kristi-noem-markwayne-mullin-trump.html
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cedzep6gp07o
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/bodycam-video-ice-fatal-shooting-ruben-ray-martinez-texas/
https://www.texastribune.org/2026/03/06/south-padre-immigration-officer-shooting/
2026-03-21 Trump threatened to deploy ICE agents to airports unless Democrats approved additional DHS funding
https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/116267892671497457
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ObltrGAQQS8&list=WL&index=8
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/airport-delays-dhs-funding/
2026-03-23 Steve Bannon described ICE deployments at airports as a potential “test run” for future election-related operations. He allegedly stated, “We can use this as a test run, as a test case, to really perfect ICE’s involvement in the 2026 midterms”.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U-8SGdG5AVY
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/aeeULQ384v4
2026-03-24 The “Border Czar” Tom Homan and Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy shared conflicting stories about ICE at our nation’s airports. Duffy claimed that ICE agents are well-trained on X-ray machines and identifying security risks, saying quote, “They know how to run the X-ray machines because they are, again, under homeland security”. Homan said they were NOT trained and won’t be handling that type of security detail, saying quote, “I don’t see an ICE agent looking at an X-ray machine, because we’re not trained in that”.
https://time.com/article/2026/03/23/ice-airports-homan-duffy-trump-administration/
https://thehill.com/policy/transportation/5795316-homan-ice-tsa-plan-dhs-shutdown/
2026 April
2026-04-23 Republicans used budget reconciliation measures to bypass votes and approve an additional $70B in ICE funding.
https://www.npr.org/2026/04/23/g-s1-118330/congress-dhs-spending-reconciliation
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/5844515-senate-republicans-budget-resolution/
2026 May
2026-05-07 Border czar Tom Homan responded to New York’s proposed ban on masked ICE agents by promising expanded immigration enforcement operations in the state. During a border security expo in Arizona he said, “So what’s going to happen to places like New York and these other people that want to pass this ridiculous legislation not to work with us? We’re going to flood the zone. You’re going to see more ICE agents you ever seen before. So congratulations, because when we send these teams out there, we’ll find a bad guy. Most times we do. And when we find a bad guy, he’s with others. Others who may not be a priority target, but they’re in the country illegally. They weren’t people we’re looking for,. But we found them during these operations. Well guess what? They’re coming too”.
2026-05-31 Bovino delivered a speech at the neo-fascist Remigration Summit in Portugal (RESUM26).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N2J8h_TQUvk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eDV2duioQQM&list=WL&index=2&t=95s
2026 June
2026-06-04 Three armed National Guard soldiers approached, physically assaulted and detained a woman on her own porch.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/us/articles/video-shows-national-guard-members-150000027.html
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6aG6ORpfy94&list=WL&index=4
2026-06-10 Representative Maxwell Frost of Florida wrote, “Instead of investing in you and ensuring you can afford your healthcare, groceries, or rent – they chose to hand $70 BILLION to agencies operating without any guardrails while terrorizing and brutalizing our communities.”
https://www.commondreams.org/news/house-republicans-2677019857
2026-06-26 Two federal officers showed up at a polling office in Syracuse New York to threaten a woman for posting on social media criticizing ICE officers.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MuN7H9Kl-cM&list=WL&index=3
https://apnews.com/article/ice-poll-worker-syracuse-fa082f8ac25d019e93b526fdef37df6c
2026-06-30 Federal agents showed up to a man’s house in Rochester New York with threats and a letter demanding he remain silent after he emailed the ICE director in condemnation of harsh immigration policies.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iL1oh6NbfUo&list=WL&index=4
https://www.npr.org/2026/07/01/nx-s1-5874124/dhs-tracks-ice-critic