Immigration Chokehold Crisis

ProPublica assembled video and document evidence of more than 40 incidents in the past year where U.S. immigration agents used banned chokeholds or neck/airway‑restricting moves on migrants, citizens and protesters, sometimes producing unconsciousness or visible physical injury. The cases are scattered geographically and often involve masked agents acting during raids, deportation operations, or protests. — If enforcement agents adopt tactics formally prohibited after George Floyd—outside of police contexts—this raises urgent questions about oversight, prosecutorial review, training, the scope of executive deportation drives, and potential civil‑rights litigation across jurisdictions.