# The current second Trump administration: a compendium of horrors

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**Created:** [November 6, 2024, 9:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-current-second-trump-administration-a-compendium-of-horrors/1009774 "2024-11-06T09:17:12Z")\
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There’s also this. DHS deputized CBP to work the immigration stuff, presumably almost anywhere in the country:

> [@CBP (Customs and Border Protection) shoots two in Portland, OR](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cbp-customs-and-border-protection-shoots-two-in-portland-or/1026493/11):
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> I just skimmed this 6-page PDF, but it seems to answer the pending question (what were they doing there?): [MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT between U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY, U.S. IMMIGRATION AND CUSTOMS ENFORCEMENT, ENFORCEMENT AND REMOVAL OPERATIONS and U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY, U.S. CUSTOMS AND BORDER PROTECTION](https://www.immigrantdefenseproject.org/wp-content/uploads/Memorandum-of-Agreement-ICE-CBP.pdf) The purpose of this MOA is to document approval of, and terms and conditions for, the detail of Border Patrol Agents (BPAs) and Customs and Border Protection Officers…

We’ve heard for a year that DHS has pulled anybody they could off of any assignment they might have, and from any agency they can find, in order to bolster the ICE stuff.

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