DHS Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin lied to Fox Business by claiming ICE agents in Chicago weren't racially profiling when they arrested hundreds of people in Illinois and only detained "gang members, murderers, rapists and pedophiles."
McLaughlin's Stephen Miller talking points were undone by Marcos Charles, the acting head of ICE's Enforcement and Removal Operations, who said 40-50% of arrests were "collateral arrests.” meaning people that ICE comes across during their operations who aren’t the person they’re looking for but may have been here illegally.
Lest we forget, in late September, the Supreme Court used the emergency docket to lift a lower court injunction barring the use of racial profiling by federal immigration officials. The Court’s order allows ICE officers