Believe-you-me, the sentiment here goes beyond "grappling" and "reviv[ing] a thorny debate."

[rationaldoge@hachyderm.io]

Believe-you-me, the sentiment here goes beyond "grappling" and "reviv[ing] a thorny debate."

'Among those leading the push to “abolish ICE” — short for Immigration and Customs Enforcement — is progressive Rep. Ilhan Omar, who said “the moment demands it” after thousands of federal agents flooded the state for Operation Metro Surge and two Minnesotans were killed.

'“Holding lawbreaking ICE agents legally accountable is the bare minimum,” Omar said during a news conference at Karmel Mall in Minneapolis in late January. “We must abolish ICE.”'

Trump’s immigration crackdown has Democrats wrestling with ‘abolish ICE’ movement
By Sydney Kashiwagi
The Minnesota Star Tribune
https://www.startribune.com/trumps-immigration-crackdown-has-democrats-grappling-with-abolish-ice-movement/601583452?utm_source=gift

#furious #Minneapolis #ICE #consequences #AbundanceOfCaution

[rationaldoge@hachyderm.io]

I do appreciate the strong writing and photography in the Minneapolis paper throughout this fiasco. Putting the context right there in the first or second paragraph, rather than the eleventh, is important, I think.

[pedestrianerror@towns.gay]

@rationaldoge They can't just abolish ICE, punish a few rank and file agents for the most visible abuses and move forward. They've got to reckon with the rest of the Bush era fascist "homeland security" legislation and the Democrats who voted for it. Then they've got to take a hard look at local police in blue cities and states until they realize they're a lot like ice and do something about that. Then maybe they can be taken seriously as anything other than the fascists' lackeys.