“The killing of a second U.S. citizen by federal agents in Minneapolis is sharply complicating efforts to avert another government shutdown in Washington as Democrats — and some Republicans — view the episode as a tipping point in the debate over the Trump administration’s immigration enforcement policies.” (Los Angeles Times)
I am still uncertain about the purpose and rationale for the new Trump-ized version of ICE. I know Trump has proclaimed that the worst of the worst, the drug cartels, the drug dealers, the rapists, are why we must have a steroidal version of ICE, and having nothing else to offer the public except to promote fear and loathing, I understand why Trump is insistent on all of this…but as I just wrote, I, as an American citizen have not witnessed any of the so called original intentions for this iteration of ICE, to be true. Instead, what I have viewed from the safety of my perch is that almost anybody else, but the worst of the worst, are being harassed, kidnapped, and expelled from the US. I did not get it then, and I still do not get it now.
But it seems, sadly, that it took two murders by ICE agents, who so far have faced ZERO criminal charges, for all of this Trump’s intentional “look over there,” bull shit to finally initiate some ire and disdain by members of Congress. Yeah, the Dems have been loud, but in the land of Republican Hypocrisy and Double Standards, loud doesn’t do the trick. Actions that speak louder than words usually work better.
And finally, albeit a very small handful of Republicans, are making it seem that they, too, are aware of the disingenuousness of Trump and his lies about removing the worst of the worst and actually do care about law and order, right from wrong.
So, here we go again with the Dems' promise: unless ICE is changed, they will not allow the budget process to proceed. And here we go again with a tiny handful of Republicans pretending, so their voters actually think they have a conscience, that they, too, care about the lives of those living in America. My question as a person who takes morals and values as traits that actually make us human…why the fact has it taken so long to do so!
