# police militarization

From Afghanistan to American Doorsteps: How Battlefield Gear Turned Up in U.S. Immigration Raids

A widely shared photograph of heavily armed immigration agents in Minneapolis has reignited concerns over the militarization of U.S. law enforcement. The image, showing battlefield-style equipment in a domestic raid that a federal judge later found constitutionally flawed, spotlights tensions between aggressive federal immigration operations and civil liberties.