[plasma_beam]

This is a common sentiment..and was quite prevalent especially in the whole ‘abolish ICE’ movement. But I always fail to see in these arguments the explicit distinction between the two divisions of ICE - ERO (enforcement and removal operations) and HSI (homeland security investigations). It’s like grouping together the beat cops and the detectives - they work in the same precinct, but vastly different jobs. HSI also houses other programs like SEVIS, which admittedly has lots of its own issues, but manages all foreign students in the US and interfaces with universities for reporting purposes.

Now HSI is undoubtedly informing some of the immigrant raids, and the leadership of ICE is now clearly oriented to the right, but there are some what I’d call non-partisan things the agency is doing that we don’t want abolished.

Not picking on you at all, I just wish more of these arguments dove a little deeper into all that ICE does.

[bananapub]

because the structure is horrible.

re-create it as the Immigration Office of Clerks and make them wear polo shirts with a little logo and chinos and work in cubes to process paperwork quickly. letting it have a whole department of sociopaths with guns is just a ticking time bomb.