Democrats Suddenly Discover ICE Funding Is a 'Line in the Sand'
The mainstream narrative paints this as a sudden, principled stand for accountability. Yet, a quick look at the receipts shows ICE's funding has repeatedly expanded under Democratic administrations, not shrunk. Under President Obama, who famously deported more people than any other president, ICE's budget and reach grew exponentially. This supposed 'line in the sand' appears suspiciously elastic
when electoral cycles demand a sudden pivot. (Or perhaps, they just finally read the memo about what ICE actually does.) This isn't about principle; it's about political convenience. For years, Democrats have largely rubber-stamped ICE's appropriations, allowing an agency routinely accused of human rights abuses and due process violations to operate with impunity. Only now, when an election looms
and headlines get uncomfortable, do some decide ICE is 'operating outside the law.' It’s a convenient amnesia, given that the agency’s budget, and therefore its capacity for such operations, has been a bipartisan project for decades. How many children did they separate before this fiscal 'line in the sand' materialized?