ICE Detains Father, Boy 'Missing': Just Another Day in American 'Compassion'
The mainstream media breathlessly covers a 'missing' 6-year-old in New York, whose father was detained by ICE, framing it as an isolated incident of 'cruelty.' What they omit is this isn't a new phenomenon, but rather the logical continuation of decades of militarized border policy. From family separations under Trump to the ongoing, bipartisan support for an ever-expanding deportation machine,
the tearing apart of families is a consistent outcome. One might wonder when 'missing' children became a feature, not a bug, of U.S. immigration policy. The system that creates this 'missing' child is the same one that funnels billions into a bloated DHS budget, often at the expense of social services. The outrage from politicians like NYC Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani is welcome, but what about the
consistent legislative decisions that fund the very agency committing these acts? How many children must go 'missing' before we critique the system, not just its symptoms?