...Dubbed ICEwatch, the interactive project, released Monday, is the culmination of years of work by the Immigrant Defense Project and the Center for Constitutional Rights, two of New York City’s leading legal advocacy organizations. ...
...“The infrastructure was inherited by the administration — this police force, the militarization of the border, the data sharing, these tactics,” Genia Blaser, a senior staff attorney with the IDP, told The Intercept. What ICEwatch shows, Blaser argued, is what happens “when the agency itself is unshackled.” Ghita Schwarz, a Center for Constitutional Rights senior staff attorney, added in a statement: “ICEwatch shines a light on ICE’s program of terrorizing communities through raids, ruses, home invasions, courthouse arrests, and other forms of coercion.” ...