Establishment Critic Finds Inner Outrage, Ignores Prior Failures
The Hill reports George Conway’s criticism of ICE, a newsworthy angle only because figures like him typically defend, rather than decry, aggressive border enforcement. This newfound outrage, while superficially welcome, conveniently sidesteps the bipartisan consensus that built and expanded ICE into the behemoth it is today. Where was this fiery condemnation during the Bush administration's
post-9/11 fear-mongering that birthed the agency? Or under Obama, whose administration deported more people than any other, often with ICE acting under its authority? Conway's commentary appears to be less a principled stand against state-sponsored terror tactics and more a partisan jab at Trump-era excesses, ignoring the institutional normalization of such tactics across administrations. One
might wonder if the 'domestic terrorist' label would apply less liberally if the executive branch were draped in different political colors. It's almost as if the problem isn't the agency's brutal methods, but merely whose name is on the memo.