'Low morale' swamps ICE as Trump keeps using it as 'political battering ram': ex-officials

President Donald Trump has increasingly weaponized U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement to pursue personal vendettas and punish political opponents, according to a new report — and the tactic is taking a serious toll on morale among the deployed agents.

The New York Times reports that Trump has deployed ICE agents with quasi-military bearing across the country to accomplish objectives far beyond immigration enforcement, using the agency as a cudgel against Democratic-run cities and constituencies that oppose him.