ICE Armored Vehicles: Canada's Moral Compass Points North, US Stays South
Canadian legislators, spurred by a report in The Independent , are calling to halt armored vehicle sales to ICE, citing 'deeply troubling' human rights concerns. It's a convenient moment for Canada to discover its conscience, especially after U.S. taxpayers have spent billions on their own 'border security' apparatus through legislative acts supported by many who also champion human rights abroad
(when it's politically convenient, of course). While Canadian MP Jenny Kwan proposes revisions to prevent such exports, the U.S. continues to fund and equip its own internal enforcement, often with less scrutiny than a local bake sale. The irony of concerns over armored vehicles being used against migrants while the U.S. simultaneously supplies the weaponry for far greater humanitarian crises
abroad—without apparent congressional angst—is, shall we say, a consistent feature of American foreign policy. How many vehicles must roll across borders before 'deeply troubling' actually means 'stop'?