WASHINGTON, United States, Feb 15, 2026 (BSS/AFP) - Former US president Barack Obama on Saturday condemned the operations of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers in Minnesota, comparing their behavior to conduct seen "in dictatorships." Thousands of federal agents including ICE agents carried out weeks of sweeping raids and arrests in what the Trump administration claims were targeted missions against criminals, until the operation was ended this week. Obama had criticized the actions of ICE agents as unlawful last month, but went further in an interview with left-wing political commentator Brian Tyler Cohen released Saturday. "The rogue behavior of agents of the federal government is deeply concerning and dangerous," he said. He called the behavior of federal officers, which included two fatal shootings that sparked mounting pressure on President Donald Trump's mass crackdown, as the sort that "in the past we've seen in authoritarian countries and we've seen in dictatorships."

Source: Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha February 15, 2026 03:44 UTC