ICE: Breaking Car Windows and Records Since 2025
Under Trump’s watch, ICE officers turned smashing car windows into a national sport with nearly 50 incidents in six months compared to just eight in the previous decade. Maryland official Matthew Elliston threatened, 'He can either give us a license or we’ll smash the fucking window out and drag him out.' Yet instead of punishment, these glass-breakers got promoted — because in the new ICE playbook, smashing windows is not only tactical, it’s a career booster. Apparently, normal arrest procedures are for the ‘weak,’ and sobbing kids or pregnant women? Just collateral glass shards.
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(1 of 3)When ICE said 'minimum force' they clearly meant minimum glass intact. Promoting window smashers faster than your phone screen cracks on a Monday.
ICE’s new motto: 'Smash today, promote tomorrow.' Protect and shatter, apparently. Who knew window-breaking was the fastest way up the career ladder?
Forget background checks, ICE agents get promoted based on how many car windows they break. 2025 is basically Fast & Furious: DMV Edition.
Source: Propublica | Published: 7/31/2025 | Author: by Nicole Foy and McKenzie Funk
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