CNN spent years lecturing Americans about how “cruel” and “inhumane” immigration enforcement supposedly became under President Donald Trump. Night after night, anchors and reporters framed ICE operations as unprecedented acts of brutality, painting Trump-era deportations as something entirely new and uniquely evil.
But conservatives are now circulating a resurfaced CNN video from 2016 that completely shatters that narrative.
The unearthed footage exposes a stunning double standard and proves that the media’s outrage over immigration enforcement had far less to do with policy—and everything to do with Trump.
CNN’s Forgotten Praise for Obama-Era ICE Raids
The viral clip comes from May 31, 2016, during the Obama administration, when CNN reporter Pamela Brown joined Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents for a late-night operation in Chicago.
The segment aired as a straightforward ride-along, with no accusations of cruelty, no emotional commentary, and no moral panic.
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