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ICE and CBP are reminding me more and more of East Germany's Stasi. ICE and CBP have more sophisticated technologies for acquiring personal information on both citizens and migrants, but Miller's plan to create a huge network of snitches and informants is straight out of the Stasi playbook. It is all about control of the whole population, not just immigrants.

"As time went on, this remit gradually developed into a wider desire to have information, and therefore control, over the population. Ostensibly this was to keep them safe from disruptive or bad influences, but in reality a climate of fear was an extremely effective tool at creating an obedient population.

Widespread reach

Officially, the Stasi employed around 90,000 people. But in order to achieve such levels of effectiveness, the Stasi relied on mass participation. It’s estimated that 1 in every 6 Germans were involved informed for the Stasi, and every factory, office and apartment block had at least one person living or working there who was on the Stasi payroll.

After the collapse of the DDR, the true extent of Stasi surveillance was revealed: they had been keeping files on 1 in 3 Germans, and had over 500,000 unofficial informants. The materials kept on citizens were wide-ranging: audio files, photographs, film reels and millions of paper records. Tiny cameras, hidden in cigarette cases or bookshelves were used to spy in peoples’ homes; letters would be steamed open and read; conversations recorded; overnight visitors noted down."

https://www.historyhit.com/the-stasi-the-most-terrifying-secret-police-in-history/