Morale plummeting among ICE agents over long hours, quotas and public hatred: reports
www.independent.co.uk
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

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.

  • Ensign_Crab@lemmy.worldEnglish
    5·
    2 hours ago

    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.

    • cub Gucci@lemmy.today
      2·
      1 hour ago

      Ok we’re talking different points here, let’s disentangle.

      There are legal procedures like aforementioned abolishing of ICE, DHS, what have you. I’m absolutely here with you my dear USAmericans.

      But also there are other things like hundreds of thousands enraged men. If Trump fails today, they will grow resentful to move Vance or a worse big mouth GOP Nazi into the office tomorrow. You will either need an analog to Speziallager or some other magical measures like propaganda or forced lobotomy.

      • Ensign_Crab@lemmy.worldEnglish
        1·
        7 minutes ago

        But also there are other things like hundreds of thousands enraged men.

        The way we fix that is by being credibly willing to address their problems. Actual problems, not the bullshit they’ve been fed. Homelessness, poverty, healthcare, wages, childcare, even something as simple and universal as burnout, all the evils wrought by capitalism. This is why I’m so fucking angry at centrists all the time. Their dishonestly held power within the Democratic Party has resulted in there being no party willing to address these issues with any level of credibility. Without a credible way forward, they’ll find a con man who at least acknowledges that their problems exist.

        Incrementalism is not a credible solution. It’s a way for people who do nothing to justify doing nothing.