· Vice · By Eoin Higgins · From the Border Crossing Law Firm media archive.
VICE follows Jordon Dyrdahl-Roberts after his resignation and asks whether the ICE raids he feared had arrived in Montana. The article links expanded state employment-data requests to a four-day federal operation, while ICE denies using subpoenaed records. Shahid Haque describes visits to more than a dozen homes and businesses, unmarked patrols, Latino drivers questioned despite lawful status, and seven resulting removal cases.
The investigation connected government data practices to what immigrant communities experienced on the ground. Shahid's account showed that even an operation producing seven arrests could intimidate many more people and businesses in a state with a small, dispersed Latino population.