Obama thought he could mollify conservatives by stepping up deportations of people who commit crimes and all he succeeded in doing was building up a lawless proto(?)-concentration camp organization.
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even from his POV and the POV of those who agreed with him, it should be abundantly clear that this was a mistake. Empowering the United States to be cruel to people this country already hates---people of color---is always a mistake, whether its the 94 crime bill or Obama's ICE.
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When Democrats seize power, ICE must be dismantled. That doesn't mean zero enforcement (though I personally wish it would), but it does mean that ICE has proven itself in every way incapable of handling the responsibility entrusted to it.
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as long as some form of immigration enforcement exists, there must be a countervailing force, with the power of the United States government behind it, that fights for the rights of immigrants.
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or for that matter, for American citizens, who have many times been caught in ICE's racist cruelty.
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