"Thomas Ferro asked why there were no protests of the millions of deportations during Barack Obama's and Joe Biden's presidencies. Easy answer: Those removals were accomplished without militarizing our streets and snatching brown-skinned U.S. citizens, gardeners, Home Depot customers or anyone speaking with an accent; without teargassing or beating up innocent people and refusing pleas to look at ID; without snagging an immigrant as they comply with the law by showing up for their citizenship hearing."
"Only now are we witnessing masked agents, acting with impunity and using Gestapo tactics to terrorize citizens and noncitizens alike. Let's be honest, there would be no chaos or violence if ICE had not invaded Minneapolis. It is very telling that those ICE agents are not going into rough neighborhoods to arrest the worst of the worst and where they might encounter actual resistance."
Previous administrations carried out millions of deportations without militarizing streets or snatching U.S. citizens, according to accounts of past removals. Recent ICE operations have involved masked agents, perceived impunity, teargassing, physical violence, refusal to accept identification pleas, and detaining immigrants during lawful proceedings. Protesters emphasize that tactics—rather than the ideology of deporting criminal immigrants—are the focus of outrage. Observers note that ICE agents are reportedly avoiding rough neighborhoods and instead conducting high-profile raids in places like Minneapolis, which many say provoked chaos. Some express concern that such tactics aim to normalize military-style violence and undermine democratic processes.
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