ICE Is Running One of the Largest Anti-Left Surveillance Ops in US History

ICE has orchestrated one of the largest domestic surveillance operations against left-wing activists in U.S. history, targeting 15 Minnesota residents facing federal conspiracy charges through operations authorized by a controversial Trump administration memorandum. Defense attorneys and former law enforcement officials compare the DHS-led campaign to the FBI's infamous COINTELPRO program, alleging it uses undercover operatives and advanced surveillance tools to monitor and prosecute Americans organizing against administration policies. Experts say the scale of this operation rivals the federal government's counterinsurgency against the New Left and anti-war movements in the 1960s-70s.