Trump administration tries to block release of a documentary that shows ICE agents illegally breaking into home, eager to arrest immigrants without criminal records

• "Immigration Nation," a six-part Netflix documentary, began filming in 2017, its creators embedded within US Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
• The documentary shows ICE agents lying to immigrants, illegally breaking into a home, and expressing joy at being told to "arrest as many people as possible," The New York Times reported.
• The Trump administration tried to block the work from being released until after the 2020 election, according to The Times.
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The Trump administration fought to prevent the release of a new Netflix documentary that provides a behind-the-scenes look at its immigration policy in action, The New York Times reported Thursday.

Filmmakers Shaul Schwarz and Christina Clusiau began work on the project soon after President Trump was inaugurated, embedding with US Immigration and Customs Enforcement and given "rare access to parts of the country's powerful immigration enforcement machinery that are usually invisible to the public," The Times reported.

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