ICE are heavily armed killers. They’re also huge losers
This opinion piece criticizes the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and ICE, alleging systemic cruelty and incompetence in their immigration enforcement operations. The author highlights specific cases of lethal force and argues that the agency's public relations efforts are ineffective and propagandistic.
Why it matters
It reflects growing public and media scrutiny regarding the accountability and operational conduct of federal immigration enforcement agencies.
Donald Trump’s Homeland Security regime has been at the center of two critical stories in the past two weeks. In the first, federal agents shot and killed a man and quickly got to work justifying the use of force under the flimsiest of pretenses. In the other, it made house calls to people who said mean things to them online.
Since taking office last year, the Trump administration has been telling us that fighting the good fight of white supremacy will make you look cool and noble. The DHS under former Secretary Kristi Noem spent $220 million to help her cosplay as a cowboy railing against immigrants and call up ICE recruits as if we’re fighting a new World War, this time against our friends and neighbors. It’s all very embarassing.
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