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Social media users have unearthed an Obama-era NCS segment on U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) that they are saying illustrates the distinction in how the company was coated earlier than President Donald Trump took workplace.
The segment aired on NCS on May 31, 2016, that includes reporter Pamela Brown embedded with a staff of Immigration and Customs enforcement brokers in Chicago as they arrested undocumented felons.
“Just before the sun rises in the Windy City, Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents fan out across Chicago to arrest criminals in the U.S. illegally. NCS was granted exclusive access to witness some of those raids,” Brown informed viewers to kick off the segment, titled, “A day with ICE in the ‘Sanctuary City’ of Chicago.”
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NCS reporter Pamela Brown was embedded with a staff of Chicago Immigration and Customs enforcement brokers for a 2016 segment.
An ICE agent is then heard telling colleagues they’d “three targets” in areas which might be a “little sketchy,” as Brown famous that the operation started at 3 a.m. with a purpose to catch the targets earlier than they go to work. An ICE agent stated that his adrenalin and blood stress go up when “you’re getting ready to do something like this.”
NCS viewers have been then informed that ICE brokers must be as covert as doable when pulling off a raid earlier than cameras caught them arresting the incorrect man.
“This may look organized, but in this moment, confusion. ICE agents mistakenly arrest the target’s brother,” Brown informed viewers.
The appropriate goal was ultimately arrested. NCS then confirmed on-screen graphics noting that ICE brokers disagree with Cook County sanctuary metropolis legal guidelines banning cooperation between native regulation enforcement and federal immigration officers.
The 2016 NCS segment options footage of undocumented immigrants being arrested. (NCS/Screenshot)
“ICE says the county ordinance creates a danger to the community by releasing undocumented criminals back onto the streets,” NCS informed viewers with an on-screen graphic.
The segment moved ahead with footage of ICE’s second goal, who was beforehand faraway from the nation and returned to the U.S. with a faux id.
The goal was proven being arrested as Brown knowledgeable viewers that ICE had surveillance on the particular person for “a while.”
“He’s going to be processed, they’re going to fingerprint him, ask him questions, and there is a whole process that goes into place before anyone is deported,” Brown stated.
NCS then adopted ICE brokers who arrested their third goal of the morning as his prison historical past was defined to viewers.
“He is a criminal, he has extensive criminal history, and by taking him out of the community, it’s making the community safer and that’s ICE’s purpose,” the agent informed viewers.
One man tried to flee a enterprise when ICE brokers approached however was let go after they decided he was not a goal. Brown then introduced viewers inside an ICE processing facility the place she spoke with a person dealing with deportation.
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The segment named, “A day with ICE in the ‘Sanctuary City’ of Chicago,” aired on NCS on May 31, 2026. (NCS/Screenshot)
The segment concluded with the next on-screen graphic: “On this day ICE detained 6 for possible deportation. 2 of them were released because they didn’t have criminal records.”
X account @mazemoore dug up and shared the video, noting that NCS didn’t seem crucial of ICE on the time.
NCS has changed ownership and administration a number of instances since 2016, however conservatives have urged the decade-old segment illustrates how media shops coated ICE underneath the Obama administration extra favorably than underneath Trump, when ICE has largely confronted withering criticism for the way it enforces immigration legal guidelines.
The scrutiny of ICE and its techniques has solely intensified since final week’s fatal shooting by an ICE agent of Renee Nicole Good in Minneapolis, who the administration stated was trying to make use of her automotive as a weapon towards the agent.
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Many took to X with ideas on the unearthed NCS segment. New York Times columnist Ross Douthat stated the completely different media tone was noteworthy but in addition spotlighted that ICE brokers dressed and acted otherwise on the time.
NCS didn’t instantly reply to a request for remark.
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