Judges, and the people ICE is detaining, keep pointing out that this crisis is one of the administration's own making -- adopting a policy of mass detention without preparing for inevitable surge of legal battles.

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But the biggest indication is the way the ICE thugs react after the shots. They don't try to arrest him or secure the gun, they either back away or run away. They immediately knew it was a crime and tried to distance themselves.