Thank you! This article is an entire history course, and yes, it should be published in all major printed/online newspapers and journals. I can truly say, many of us went to sleep concerned citizens and woke up resistance fighters.
For the Preamble team: how can we find out where ICE has "1,100 agreements deputizing state and local law enforcement to perform federal immigration functions"? Is there a database to go and see a list of these agreements? Has someone done the digging already?
I haven’t seen someone write about the correlations in such thorough detail. In a weird way, it gave me hope. There’s a blueprint this administration has to follow in their assault on Latino community members.
But there is also a blueprint print for us to resist them at every turn with. And according to history, the resistance wins. And we can win again.
Thank you for this article! I’ve been comparing ICE to the gestapo but I’ve been convinced it is more similar to the slave patrols of our own history. Thank you for the education!
It’s interesting that many of us jumped to conclude that ICE was like the Gestapo instead of the slave patrols, mostly because in school we learned more about other countries history than our own. Thank you for this very thorough and informative article!
Thank you for this well researched and explained piece. We're taught from a young age about WWII in school, or at least I was. What I was not taught as thoroughly was about slavery. Or more specifically the ramifications of things like the Fugitive Slave Act. Thank you for teaching us about it now.
I'm afraid this comparison is so misleading and sad. Slaves were brought over to America and crossed our borders NOT of their own free will. It was horrific and a terrible mark on American history. Hallelujah to everyone who saw the injustice and did something to help them, free them! Completely different from those who cross our borders illegally, of their own free will. When you knowingly commit a crime, then you should know that it may have consequences.
"Most people being detained now have committed no crime at all — the status of being “undocumented” in the US is a civil violation, not a criminal one." This is a false statement. If you have a Visa, allowing you to enter the country, but you overstay your visa...it is a civil violation. If you cross the border illegally...it is a federal crime. (which is usually the case these days due to the wide-open border of the past Biden administration). And the ICE agents have had to go 'inland' because the Biden admin literally bussed the illegals to cities 'inland'.
And before anyone comments...I absolutely believe that NO ONE deserves to die. Every life is valuable. I think there are ways to have compassion for our neighbors, But, we also can't make up comparisons or facts to gain support.
The US government has caused harm and broken international laws the world over without impunity. When the US government topples democratically elected leaders in favor of military dictatorships that serve their interests, yet cause genocides, and sanction doctors to experiment on orphaned children, again without any consequences, people will leave and seek safety elsewhere. That is the natural consequence of the US harming other countries for its benefit. If we’re going to talk about doling out consequences, it’s the US government as a whole that has a steep price to pay to all the nations that have been harmed. In my eyes the bare minimum would be to stop villainizing people who cross the border, escaping conditions the US had a hand in creating.
This piece is phenomenal. It should be published far and wide. It ought to be a featured editorial piece in every major newspaper.
Thank you! This article is an entire history course, and yes, it should be published in all major printed/online newspapers and journals. I can truly say, many of us went to sleep concerned citizens and woke up resistance fighters.
For the Preamble team: how can we find out where ICE has "1,100 agreements deputizing state and local law enforcement to perform federal immigration functions"? Is there a database to go and see a list of these agreements? Has someone done the digging already?
Hello Melissa, this is the source: https://www.ice.gov/identify-and-arrest/287g
This is a *phenomenal* piece.
I haven’t seen someone write about the correlations in such thorough detail. In a weird way, it gave me hope. There’s a blueprint this administration has to follow in their assault on Latino community members.
But there is also a blueprint print for us to resist them at every turn with. And according to history, the resistance wins. And we can win again.
Thank you.
Wow. Just wow. This is one of the best Preamble posts ever. With links and receipts.
Yes- we’ve tried to think “Americans would never allow what happened in Nazi Germany!”
But we did.
All energy recycles and comes back around for us to get it right. I believe we are doing that now. Peacefully. Which is the only way of progress.
Thank you for this article! I’ve been comparing ICE to the gestapo but I’ve been convinced it is more similar to the slave patrols of our own history. Thank you for the education!
It’s interesting that many of us jumped to conclude that ICE was like the Gestapo instead of the slave patrols, mostly because in school we learned more about other countries history than our own. Thank you for this very thorough and informative article!
Thank you for this well researched and explained piece. We're taught from a young age about WWII in school, or at least I was. What I was not taught as thoroughly was about slavery. Or more specifically the ramifications of things like the Fugitive Slave Act. Thank you for teaching us about it now.
Phenomenal writing, Kahlil. Thank you for your work in writing this piece.
Another excellent piece, thank you Kahlil❣️🎯
Kudos Khalil!
I'm afraid this comparison is so misleading and sad. Slaves were brought over to America and crossed our borders NOT of their own free will. It was horrific and a terrible mark on American history. Hallelujah to everyone who saw the injustice and did something to help them, free them! Completely different from those who cross our borders illegally, of their own free will. When you knowingly commit a crime, then you should know that it may have consequences.
"Most people being detained now have committed no crime at all — the status of being “undocumented” in the US is a civil violation, not a criminal one." This is a false statement. If you have a Visa, allowing you to enter the country, but you overstay your visa...it is a civil violation. If you cross the border illegally...it is a federal crime. (which is usually the case these days due to the wide-open border of the past Biden administration). And the ICE agents have had to go 'inland' because the Biden admin literally bussed the illegals to cities 'inland'.
And before anyone comments...I absolutely believe that NO ONE deserves to die. Every life is valuable. I think there are ways to have compassion for our neighbors, But, we also can't make up comparisons or facts to gain support.
The US government has caused harm and broken international laws the world over without impunity. When the US government topples democratically elected leaders in favor of military dictatorships that serve their interests, yet cause genocides, and sanction doctors to experiment on orphaned children, again without any consequences, people will leave and seek safety elsewhere. That is the natural consequence of the US harming other countries for its benefit. If we’re going to talk about doling out consequences, it’s the US government as a whole that has a steep price to pay to all the nations that have been harmed. In my eyes the bare minimum would be to stop villainizing people who cross the border, escaping conditions the US had a hand in creating.
Seems like it always goes back to white supremacy!
Thank you for this very interesting article! Important information that, I agree, should be widely published.