The hardening authoritarianism of the second Trump Administration has many faces, but the most chilling is one that can hardly be seen at all. Images of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents in balaclavas, descending on migrant workers, pro-Palestine protesters, and random bystanders, have become the symbol of a new phase of state terror. That terror promises only to intensify: under the so-called One Big Beautiful Bill Act, ICE will receive more funding than any national law enforcement agency in US history. As of August 2025, an estimated 180,000 people had been deported since January, and almost 1,500 more were being removed every day. The origins of Trump’s deportation crackdown are bipartisan.…