ICE—which Trump has transformed into one of the world’s largest militarized forces—is already the nation’s largest domestic police force. How realistic is it to think this employment project for undereducated goons won’t turn against American citizens after completing the mass deportation of illegal immigrants?
ICE Mission Accomplished
Ted Rall
Ted Rall is a syndicated political cartoonist for Andrews McMeel Syndication and WhoWhatWhy.org and Counterpoint. He is a contributor to Centerclip and co-host of "The TMI Show" talk show. He is a graphic novelist and author of many books of art and prose, and an occasional war correspondent. He is, recently, the author of the graphic novel "2024: Revisited."
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Anyone know how many persons have been deported?
Not counting returns due to “illegal” deportation, if there were truly 12 million persons to be deported, I’d guess Ted’s question is effectively moot … at least for readers over … 30?
Except, of course, ICE is already murdering “legals.”
Governmental goon squads have brutally enforced the law throughout history. All it takes is a government that refuses to debate whether a law is just or whether the punishment fits the crime, along with some underemployed men who are trying to break out of poverty. Our president has threatened many people with prosecution or worse, so if there is going to be a next set of “illegals,” there are lots of choices. Perhaps the president will choose to outlaw the Democrats, Greens, United Nations, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, University of Pennsylvania, New York Times, Greenpeace, and/or others, and will imprison or shoot anyone who dares to continue to associate with those outlawed organizations.