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Loftus Publishes ICE, DHS Interviews on Inhumane ‘Box’ Policy

6/28/2026

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Karl Loftus released interviews with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents and Department of Homeland Security (DHS) investigators about Alligator Alcatraz’s “the box,” a chain-link cage.
He verifies sources by asking job-specific questions and confirming badge photos, a method he says major outlets reject.
Agents say they feel trapped between an inhumane policy and enforcement demands, while Loftus’s site draws viewers and interviews undocumented immigrants, former detainees and anti-fascist protesters.

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Story summary

Karl Loftus released interviews with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents and Department of Homeland Security (DHS) investigators about Alligator Alcatraz’s “the box,” a chain-link cage.
He verifies sources by asking job-specific questions and confirming badge photos, a method he says major outlets reject.
Agents say they feel trapped between an inhumane policy and enforcement demands, while Loftus’s site draws viewers and interviews undocumented immigrants, former detainees and anti-fascist protesters.