Two ICE agents film the press using smartphones in the hallway outside a New York immigration court on July 11, 2025. | Madison Swart and Hans Lucas/AFP via Getty Images	
The videos seem to be everywhere. From a Chicago suburb, cellphone footage of federal agents firing pepper balls at a pastor and tear-gassing a mayor and a congressional candidate. Across the city, slick footage of a military-style raid on an apartment complex. From New York, a barrage of photos and videos of civilians being slammed to the floor or restrained in immigration courts.
These clips spread widely on social...
                                                        
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