First Thing: Court files show how federal agents spied on anti-ICE protesters | Martin Belam

Undercover agents infiltrated meetings, private chats and local events. Plus Wile E Coyote returns to the big screenDon’t already get First Thing in your inbox? Sign up hereGood morning. The extent to which federal law enforcement targeted political opponents and peaceful organizers has been laid bare in newly disclosed court documents.Internal investigative files reveal that the Department of Homeland Security launched a sweeping surveillance operation against anti-ICE protesters, major labor unions and left-leaning advocacy groups – sending undercover agents to infiltrate community meetings and issuing administrative subpoenas to seize financial records. The documents show that DHS investigators obtained financial records