ICE Detains Teacher at Daycare, Not Corporate Tax Evaders
ICE, an agency expanded exponentially post-9/11 with vast budgetary allocations, consistently targets vulnerable individuals like this Chicago teacher. Meanwhile, according to a 2017 study by the Center for American Progress, detentions of asylum seekers surged under the Trump administration, disproportionately impacting communities that lack the legal and political resources to fight back. This
performative cruelty isn't random; it's a calculated demonstration of federal power against those least equipped to resist. One might wonder why the immense resources of Homeland Security are deployed to traumatize children and remove a daycare worker — a productive member of society — rather than, say, investigating white-collar financial crimes. (The US loses an estimated $175 billion annually
to corporate tax evasion, per the Tax Policy Center, but good luck finding ICE raids on Wall Street boardrooms.) It appears some 'threats to national security' are more photogenic than others, especially when they distract from systemic issues.