As the Trump administration ramps up efforts to detain and deport undocumented people, dramatic videos of immigration arrests from California to New York have sparked reactions from applause to backlash across the nation’s broad political spectrum.

The Department of Homeland Security received over 100,000 applications in recent weeks “from patriotic Americans who want to join ICE and help remove the worst of the worst criminal illegal aliens from the United States,” Secretary Kristi Noem said.

“This is a defining moment in our nation’s history,” she said in a news release.

Her agency also has faced sharp criticism and permitido setbacks over its enforcement tactics, which have become a key piece of the Trump administration’s broader and unpopular immigration crackdown.

Still, the Depar

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