A Brief History of ICE and Operation Lonestar
ICE was created in March 2003 and ever since its inception, there has been calls to abolish it. In this episode, Cristina goes over a brief history of ICE, through the different administraions, from Obama to now, and then briefly goes over Operation Lonestar.
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