978-1-956474-95-4
Pub Date: April 7, 2026
Author: Jenn Budd

“I’ve read ICE: What Everyone Needs to Know and I highly recommend. It is much needed and I guarantee you will learn something. Shocking!”
—Frank Figliuzzi, former FBI Assistant Director and author of national bestseller, The FBI Way
“Abolish ICE!”—this chant has echoed across American streets during Donald Trump’s second term. But how many of us understand what ICE is—or the authority its agents have been granted, including the use of deadly force against U.S. citizens? And when that line is crossed, who can hold federal agents accountable?
As fear and outrage grow, so does a pressing question: what can Americans actually do to protect ourselves, our families, our immigrant neighbors and our country from law enforcement agencies that have gone rogue?
Former U.S. Border Patrol agent Jenn Budd knows this system from the inside. After leaving the force, she became an outspoken immigrant rights activist. In this concise eBook—packed with links to eye-opening articles and videos—she exposes what’s happening within DHS agencies and reveals how ordinary people can push back against the abuses unfolding right now.
“I want everyone to know about Jenn Budd and her revelatory work. It is a really important flashlight, spotlight and lens to view what’s happening now. Both of her books are excellent, eye-opening reads.”—Andra Watkins, New York Times bestselling author of Not Without My Father
“Timely, necessary…In clear easy-to-understand language, Budd explains how ICE, CBP, and Border Patrol operate, their culture and leadership of violence, why state and local officials refuse to punish them for their sins, and how we, the people, can abolish these broken, criminal agencies.” —Wajahat Ali, The Left Hook
Praise for Jenn Budd’s Against the Wall:
“An invaluable primary source…Reading it feels like gaining access to the first declassified documents of an important archive…Illuminating and urgent.” —The Nation
“Courageous and compelling, essential reading to understand how today’s heartless and abusive Border Patrol culture came into being and what needs to be done to transform immigration policy.” —Ruth Ben-Ghiat
“Daring and soulful…Her perspective on the U.S. Border Patrol is unprecedented.” —Jose Antonio Vargas
“Brave and unflinching, Jenn Budd is one of the most important voices about immigration enforcement in the United States.” —Reece Jones