We are in Brunswick, Georgia, which is sort of the southeast corner of Georgia,
at the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center where all the ICE officers get trained.
A couple of weeks ago, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, or ICE,
invited a handful of reporters to one of its training academies.
One of those reporters was our colleague Michelle Hackman.
And we had this six-hour tour where they showed us like all sorts of different bells and whistles of all the types of classes and training that these deportation officers go through.
And was there sort of a demonstration or a session that stuck with you?
There was one in particular that really stuck with me.
It was sort of the elite ICE deportation officer unit that carries out some of the most high-profile and dangerous raids.
And what they did was they brought us on a little bus to this mock neighborhood.
They told us it was a whole 30-acre pretend neighborhood with houses and fake shops and all that stuff.
Like a set.
Like a movie set, exactly.
And we parked in front of this house in a cul-de-sac, and they were like, okay, stand back.
And this armored vehicle pulls up in front of the house.
And 12 guys loaded out.
They ran at the house.
They, like, pounded on the door really loud and shouted, you know, we're police, open up, open up.
And a few seconds later, they set off a flashbang.
And then they sort of broke down the door, ran in and like scattered.