ICE's 'Evolving' Tactics: A Perpetual War on the Undocumented
📰 THE STORY: Newsweek reports on how ICE operations are allegedly 'changing' across the US, implying a strategic evolution in immigration enforcement policies, possibly acknowledging some past criticisms while adjusting to new directives and perceived priorities. 🔍 WHAT THEY'RE NOT TELLING YOU: Historical Context: The 'changes' in ICE operations are not new, but a continuation of militarizing
the border and criminalizing migration, a pattern evident since at least Operation Wetback in 1954 , which forcibly deported over 1 million people of Mexican descent. More recently, the 'Secure Communities' program (launched in 2008) and the 287(g) agreements (enabled by a 1996 law) embedded ICE deeper into local law enforcement, blurring lines and leading to racial profiling, a system still
largely intact despite rhetorical 'changes.' Double Standard: While the US media details the 'nuances' of ICE enforcement, they rarely apply the same scrutiny to how US foreign policy directly contributes to the mass displacement of people from countries like Honduras and Guatemala, whose destabilization is a direct result of decades of US interventions (e.g., the 1954 CIA coup in Guatemala for
United Fruit Company's benefit, or supporting repressive regimes throughout Central America). These are economic migrants and asylum seekers, not criminals, fleeing conditions the US helped create. Follow the Money: The 'evolving' ICE operations are immensely profitable. Private detention centers, like those operated by CoreCivic and GEO Group, thrive on increased detentions, lobbying intensely