Source Collect: Violence in the Administrative State

The amorphous administrative state is often oversimplified and misunderstood. Now, with the Trump Administration pushing for mass deportation and the DOGE dissecting and even disemboweling federal agencies, it is increasingly important to understand the different types of agencies, how they are run, and how agencies like the CBP, ICE, and the Bureau of Prisons create “at a massive scale the ‘field of pain and death’ that the law occupies.” From detaining federal criminal prisoners and immigrants to engaging in armed conflicts and carrying out domestic arrests, these agencies are governed by statutes, regulations, and internal guidelines that nonetheless fail to stop violence and the misuse of force.