A French documentary titled ICE, la chasse à l'homme is scheduled to air on France 5 on Sunday, October 11, 2026. The film examines the anti-immigrant policies implemented by Donald Trump during his second term in office, which began on January 20, 2025. It focuses on the widespread chaos and fear caused by large-scale immigration raids across several U.S. cities, including Los Angeles, Chicago, Houston, Atlanta, and Washington. The documentary was inspired by viral videos of riots that followed a major Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) raid in Los Angeles on June 6, 2025.
The film’s director, Julie Peyrard, was driven by the violence and its effects on her Colombian relatives living in the United States. The documentary includes interviews with senior ICE officials and footage of operations, such as a raid in Baltimore where an ICE agent refers to an arrest as a "collateral target." The production team, which includes co-director Christophe Astruc and French journalist Marine Pradel, was granted rare access to accompany ICE agents on operations. This unusual access drew attention from journalists at The Atlantic.
The team also secured interviews with representatives from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) through a strategic approach to gain entry. The production company Everprod signed a multimedia agreement with the DHS, which agreed not to impose editorial changes on the film. This allowed the team to document the experiences of immigrants and those resisting the policies, including in Minneapolis, where the "Metro Surge" operation was launched in December 2025.
The documentary includes testimonies from individuals affected by ICE actions, such as Ricardo Andrade, an ex-detainee in Mexico who describes the torture suffered by Geraldo Lunas Campos, who died in a detention center. It also addresses the deaths of 39 detainees in U.S. detention centers over the past year. Julie Peyrard plans to film a sequel focusing on detention and holding camps. The documentary revisits human rights violations documented by Amnesty International, which calls for the abolition of ICE. It highlights the use of terms like "purge," "ethnic cleansing," "deportation," and "mass incarceration" to describe the treatment of immigrants. The film aims to bring attention to the reality of immigrant persecution through these terms and the testimonies of those affected.
French Documentary Explores Trump's Immigration Policies and Their Impact
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