Governor Decries 'Fear,' Ignores Decades of DHS Domestic Ops
North Carolina Gov. Josh Stein is 'stoking fear' over Border Patrol’s recent Charlotte raids, where agents in 'paramilitary garb' targeted citizens based on 'skin color,' according to the AP. What the AP and Stein conveniently forget is that 'paramilitary garb' and racial profiling are not new; they’re features, not bugs, of agencies like ICE and CBP, institutions expanded dramatically under
Democrat and Republican administrations alike. This isn't a Trump innovation, but rather a chilling escalation of powers progressively granted since 9/11 under the guise of 'national security'. The surprise is less about Trump's cruelty and more about the historical amnesia. These operations, now hitting a Democratic city, simply expose a long-standing, bipartisan framework of domestic
surveillance and enforcement that prioritizes control over civil liberties. How quickly 'stoking fear' becomes a problem only when it directly impacts politically inconvenient populations. One might wonder where this outrage was when similar tactics were first deployed against disfavored communities.