To fully grasp how Trump’s paramilitary force ICE operates, it’s crucial to understand why they are always masked. It makes all the difference – because it takes away the last civil protection against excessive force, after the government and the Supreme Court had taken away the other layers of protection. I’ve long been a fan of Max Fisher’s explanatory journalism on global matters, first at Vox, then The New York Times. This is one of the first videos of his own recently launched YouTube format. It’s as good as you’d expect.

From Weekly Filet #563, in February 2026.