- cross-posted to:
- politics@lemmy.world
- cross-posted to:
- politics@lemmy.world
While immigration officers support the Trump administration’s goal of deporting undocumented migrants, many of them have grown ‘disillusioned’ with leadership’s tactics, according to reports
Morale is “plummeting” among federal law enforcement officers tasked with carrying out the Trump administration’s aggressive anti-immigration operation, as they complained that long hours, ambitious arrest quotas and hatred from the public, according to reports.
While officers at Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Customs and Border Patrol, overseen by the Department of Homeland Security, said they supported the administration’s goal of deporting undocumented migrants, many of them have grown “disillusioned” with the tactics being implemented by leadership.
More than 20 current and former immigration officials told The New York Times of their discontent in the hours following the fatal shooting of 37-year-old nurse Alex Pretti by a federal agent in Minneapolis.
It was the second deadly shooting of a U.S. citizen carried out by a federal agent in weeks, as officers clashed with protesters following intense public anger over the violence in Minneapolis.
And that’s exactly why we need to abolish ICE.
You can’t abolish ice by pretending the people will eventually vanish into nowhere or get ok with public ostracism. That’s marvel story, bud.
It has to be abolished via legislation. But the legislation won’t pass without overwhelming public support and a willingness to primary anyone who doesn’t support it. ICE was a mistake. It is beyond reform, because the only people ICE hires are people who voluntarily apply to join ICE.
At no point did I advocate letting up pressure or the ostracism these nazis have earned.