Inside ICE’s Push to Go Viral

Many people were surprised that ICE officer Jonathan Ross was filming with his phone when he shot and killed Renee Good in Minneapolis. But Washington Post reporter Drew Harwell was leaked thousands of internal ICE messages that show the agency is obsessed with creating viral videos, and is using arrests of immigrants slapped with “hooky” captions and pop music to feed their content machine.

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Here are Drew's Washington Post stories:

• ‘It’s a War’: Inside ICE’s media machine
• ICE Plans $100 million ‘wartime recruitment’ push

Guests:

• Drew Harwell, Washington Post technology reporter

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