ICE Agents Break Privacy, Not Just the Law
While Newsweek detailed the appalling invasion of privacy, they missed the bigger picture: this isn't an anomaly, it's a feature. The militarization of immigration enforcement, bolstered by billions in federal funding, normalizes such abuses. In 2018 alone, when this incident occurred, ICE’s budget approached $8 billion (CBP website) , funneling resources into tactics that routinely violate basic
human dignity. One might wonder if such aggressive, gendered tactics are truly about securing borders, or if they're about instilling fear and exercising unchecked power against vulnerable populations. How many privacy violations are acceptable in the name of 'national security'? Seems the line was flushed down the toilet years ago.