On January 7, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) fatally shot Renee Nicole Good, a 37-year-old woman, during an enforcement operation in Minneapolis. The year 2025 saw 32 deaths of immigrants in ICE custody, triple the number in 2024. Since President Donald Trump returned to office last January, the federal government has lowered hiring and training standards to rapidly expand ICE ranks, in the meantime broadening their authority and setting aggressive daily targets for apprehensions. To meet their quotas, agents can raid schools and courthouses, even churches. Is this policy of “shock and awe” necessary? And is it in the United States’ interest?