Inside the New Order at I.C.E.

Jonathan Blitzer, a contributing writer to the New Yorker's website, relates what he learned from a veteran immigration agent dismayed by the changes at I.C.E. since the election of President Trump, particularly the attitude of contempt toward undocumented immigrants, which is now given free rein. I.C.E. has always been an agency that has been hamstrung by the government. But "there's a no holds barred attitude at I.C.E... and this is significantly different than years past," says Blitzer. And while the numbers of illegal crossings at the border are way way down, and so therefore Trump has kept his campaign promise, but Blitzer asks, "At what cost?"