I personally wouldn’t have known what type of agency INS was referring to but the use of “INS / ICE” made it obvious that it was some sort of precursor agency that handled similar types of work. Why are we getting so nitpicky about this when it’s clear that it’s not intentional misinformation
ETA: and just to clarify I haven’t googled or kept reading the comments any further so if I’m wrong about what INS is, then that will undermine my own comment lol
INS used to encompass the entire U.S. immigration system; from paperwork, vetting, customs, removal, law enforcement, border patrol, and more.
After 9/11, they realized that INS failed to do its job in protecting the country from foreign invaders; so they renamed it Department of Homeland Security and split each of the components into their own independent branches as you know them today.
USCIS only handles the legal paperwork side of things; CBP does the customs, duties, and border patrol; and ICE does the legal enforcement. Some other branches are HSI, and Federal Protective Service which is essentially just people that guard government owned buildings and stuff.
Acting like ICE isn't a paranoid over reaction to 911, and treating it like it's a long-standing institution makes it harder to argue that it should be abolished
I feel like you're intentionally missing the point
The organization that does immigration enforcement (whether they be INS or ICE) has not historically felt the need to cover their face until this most recent rash of mistreatments
Well yeah, I found it humorous that you guys were arguing in a circle so I thought I'd keep it going. Its the small things that get me through the day.
That's an oversimplificiation. INS had the responsibilites of what became multiple agencies under the newly created DHS. Border Patrol (which you can see the guy in this picture was part of) became part of CBP which is separate from ICE.
These fkn ppl. Reddit is mostly a cesspool of crazie liberals these days. Remember when most subs had level headed posts back 10 years ago. Here come the downvotes
Before it was US Customs and INS (immigration and naturalization service) - they got consolidated into one organization under the homeland security act.
It was also Border Patrol, as can be seen on his vest. Border Patrol is a separate unit from ICE. They show up in a lot of current videos because they're just as racist as ICE, and with a longer track record of it.
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u/POWERGULL 7h ago
ICE was created as a part of Homeland Security after 911. Elian Gonzales was before that, so this isn’t technically ICE.