Border Patrol 'Swamp Sweep' Targets 'Blue Cities,' Avoids Actual Borders
The AP notes Border Patrol's 'Swamp Sweep' will deploy 250 federal agents to New Orleans and Mississippi, aiming for 5,000 arrests. It highlights Commander Gregory Bovino's aggressive 'blue city' tactics, like rappelling into Chicago apartments and firing pepper balls at protesters. What the AP doesn't fully highlight is this isn't border security; it's a domestic deployment of a paramilitary
force, far from any international border, targeting economically vulnerable communities. (Funny how the 'border crisis' narrative often translates into inner-city raids, isn't it?) This isn't about securing a border; it’s about a performative show of force, a calculated political spectacle often funded by reallocation of funds meant for actual border infrastructure. While politicians decry 'open
borders,' resources are diverted to snatch up people who are already inside the country, contributing to local economies and communities, rather than addressing actual border transit or trafficking. It's a crackdown on soft targets, painting a picture of 'action' without addressing fundamental issues. Meanwhile, the actual border remains... the actual border . But that doesn't make for good TV, or
for political points, apparently.