Masked ICE agents detain a Black man in New York. ICE recruits are getting signing bonuses of up to $50,000 and student loan forgiveness to lock up untold numbers of Black and Brown people and help private prisons make billions. Credit: Spencer Platt/Getty Images.

Did you know private ICE detention centers are big business? And Black people are some of the main targets. Trump’s move to fund ICE at a clip larger than the U.S. Marines is bad news for America, for democracy, and for Black people in particular. 

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This explainer video provides a snapshot of ICE and the clear and present dangers the ICE Industrial Complex poses for Blackfolk, whether immigrant or American-born.

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