I’m pretty sure they always have been. IIRC you’ll find op-Ed’s praising Hitler and Germany leading up to WW2.
They also deliberately slandered the guy that broke the (CIA admitting cocaine from Nicaragua into the US to fund right wing militias) story that often gets told as “the CIA introduced crack into black communities”. They effectively discredited the story, which turned out to be true.
The Behind the Bastards episode on it is p good
Once the lawsuits rack up they’ll pass immunity laws for ICE.
I bet it will happen within the year, faster if there’s a major incident involving ICE