ICE Detained Migrants Call Facilities 'Black Holes,' Biden Admin Surprised
The mainstream media breathlessly reports a federal judge's order for ICE to 'improve' conditions at a Chicago facility after immigrants described it as a 'black hole,' feeling treated 'worse than animals.' This isn’t a bug; it's a feature. The US has a long, bipartisan tradition of warehousing non-white migrants under horrendous conditions. Remember the 'cages' under Obama, expanded massively
under Trump, and now the Biden administration 'manages' the crisis. The cycle of outrage, minimal intervention, and continued systemic dehumanization is standard operating procedure. One might wonder if the real improvement would be ending the system that profits from locking up people seeking refuge. But that would require confronting the carceral state and its various corporate beneficiaries,
whose lobbyists ensure the 'black hole' remains open for business, just with slightly better 'ventilation' perhaps.