Bloomberg Echoes 'Abolish ICE' Chorus, Forgetting the Orchestra Conductors
📰 THE STORY: Bloomberg reports that New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani has joined the 'Abolish ICE' movement, revitalizing the rhetoric that gained traction during the Trump administration as pushback against deportation efforts intensifies. 🔍 WHAT THEY'RE NOT TELLING YOU: Historical Context: Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) was created in 2003, post-9/11, as part of the Department of
Homeland Security (DHS). This unprecedented expansion of internal security was passed with significant bipartisan support, leveraging a climate of fear to consolidate previously disparate agencies into a formidable domestic surveillance and enforcement apparatus. Its creation wasn't some organic 'progressive discourse' but a deliberate governmental restructuring under the guise of national
security. Double Standard: While the US media decries 'authoritarian states' for surveillance and border control, it consistently downplays or normalizes the vast powers and practices of its own domestic security agencies like ICE. The same outlets that criticize 'police states' abroad rarely apply that lens to the militarization of their own borders or the vast databases tracking residents and
non-residents alike. When Russia surveils its citizens, it's tyranny; when the US does, it's 'national security.' Follow the Money: The post-9/11 security industrial complex, including firms providing detention facilities, surveillance technology, and equipment to ICE, has become a multi-billion dollar industry. Companies like GEO Group and CoreCivic, major private prison corporations, have