Bloomberg Hails Rare Dem Outrage Over ICE Powers, Ignores Decades of Bipartisan Atrocity
📰 THE STORY: Bloomberg reports that US Democratic Senator Richard Blumenthal is raising concerns about a 'secret' ICE policy allowing agents to enter homes without a judicial warrant for civil immigration arrests, citing whistleblowers and demanding answers from the Department of Homeland Security. 🔍 WHAT THEY'RE NOT TELLING YOU: Historical Context: Warrantless raids and aggressive tactics are
not new to US immigration enforcement. Operation Wetback in 1954 saw mass deportations and detentions, often without due process. More recently, the Trump administration's 'zero tolerance' policy in 2018 led to the separation of thousands of children from their parents at the border, widely condemned by human rights groups. The expansion of ICE's powers has been a steady bipartisan project since
its creation in 2003 under the Department of Homeland Security, itself a post-9/11 measure that expanded government surveillance and enforcement capabilities. Double Standard: While a US Senator's mild objection to a 'secret policy' makes headlines, similar or far more egregious violations of civil liberties and human rights by allied nations, particularly Israel, are routinely ignored or
downplayed. For example, the destruction of Palestinian homes without warning or warrant by Israeli forces in the West Bank is a daily occurrence, often facilitated by US aid, yet garners little to no outrage in mainstream US media or from prominent Democratic senators. Follow the Money: The incarceration and deportation industrial complex is a multi-billion dollar business. Private contractors