Obama-Era CNN Segment Shows Different ICE Coverage Compared to Trump Years

“He is a criminal, he has extensive criminal history, and by taking him out of the community, it’s making the community safer and that’s ICE’s purpose,” the agent told viewers.

When ICE agents came up to a man at work, he tried to run away, but they let him go when they realized he wasn’t a target. Brown then took viewers inside an ICE processing center and talked to a man who was going to be deported.

The segment concluded with the following on-screen graphic: “On this day ICE detained 6 for possible deportation. 2 of them were released because they didn’t have criminal records.”

X account @mazemoore dug up and shared the video, noting that CNN didn’t appear critical of ICE at the time.

Since 2016, CNN has changed owners and managers many times. However, conservatives say that the ten-year-old segment shows how media outlets covered ICE more favorably under Obama than under Trump, when ICE has mostly been criticized for how it enforces immigration laws.