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In 2016, when Obama was still president, CNN did a ride-along with ICE agents as they carried out a series of arrests and deportations in the blue city of Chicago and the difference in the tone of the report is remarkable.

There is no controversy. There are no protests. No one is being accused of being a fascist. It’s like a different world.

This is proof that what is happening now is all about propaganda. Democrats and the media are whipping their base into a frenzy because they want all of this chaos. It is all political.

FOX News reported:

Obama-era CNN segment resurfaces showing different ICE coverage compared to Trump years

Social media users have unearthed an Obama-era CNN segment on U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) that they say illustrates the difference in how the agency was covered before President Donald Trump took office.

The segment aired on CNN on May 31, 2016, featuring reporter Pamela Brown embedded with a team of Immigration and Customs enforcement agents in Chicago as they arrested undocumented felons.

“Just before the sun rises in the Windy City, Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents fan out across Chicago to arrest criminals in the U.S. illegally. CNN was granted exclusive access to witness some of those raids,” Brown told viewers to kick off the segment, titled, “A day with ICE in the ‘Sanctuary City’ of Chicago.”

An ICE agent is then heard telling colleagues they had “three targets” in areas that are a “little sketchy,” as Brown noted that the operation began at 3 a.m. in order to catch the targets before they go to work. An ICE agent said that his adrenalin and blood pressure go up when “you’re getting ready to do something like this.”

Watch the report:

ICE VIDEO – CNN special: "A Day with ICE in a so-called Sanctuary City." – May 2016 – What's different? Why no protests?

2016 = Targeted actual criminals. NO masks. NO 'papers please' targeting of all brown people. NO immunity. NO amatures. No declaration of war against… pic.twitter.com/BTj9P20Osc

— Moral Politics ️ Malloy (@Moral_Politics) January 14, 2026

Quite a difference, isn’t it?

If you watch one thing this week, make it this. Great find by @mazemoore – and it perfectly underscores how phony all the outrage in legacy media is this week.

Obama ICE raids = great
Trump IE raids = Gestapo

See how this works? https://t.co/9R2DCuVJYt

— Joe Concha (@JoeConchaTV) January 14, 2026

Proof it's not really about ICE.. it's about Trump. https://t.co/43vcZSdTW0

— Dale Hurd (@DaleHurd) January 14, 2026

It’s all about Trump.

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