Veronica Cardenas, The Guardian - Created in the wake of 9/11 under the guise of national security, Ice was supposed to target real threats. Instead, it has become a machine of mass surveillance, indiscriminate arrests and fear-based enforcement that does little to keep us safer. Over the years, the harshest post-9/11 policies were rolled back after proving ineffective. But today, we are watching history repeat itself.
The resurgence of Donald Trump’s immigration policies signals a dangerous return to a failed strategy – one that prioritizes public spectacle over public safety, conflates civil violations with criminal threats, and emboldens vigilantes to police immigration status as if it were their duty.
I saw this firsthand in my 13 years as an assistant chief counsel for Ice. The US immigration system was not designed to grant due process or ensure fairness; instead, it was built to prioritize deportation as a fallback when criminal prosecutions weren’t politically desirable or feasible. More
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