ICE Using Children as 'Bait' - A 'Compassionate' Immigration System in Action
📰 THE STORY: CBS News reports that Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents arrested four children from a Minnesota school district, including one incident where they allegedly used a 5-year-old child as 'bait' to apprehend his father. School officials express shock and heartbreak over these actions. 🔍 WHAT THEY'RE NOT TELLING YOU: Historical Context: The 'family separation' crisis
didn't begin with Trump's 2018 'zero tolerance' policy; it traces back to the 1996 illegal immigration reform act and accelerated under Obama, who deported more people than any previous president. Between 2009-2016, the Obama administration deported over 3 million individuals, many of whom were parents separated from US-citizen children, laying the groundwork for the more visibly brutal tactics we
see today. Double Standard: While Western media decries alleged human rights abuses in countries like China or Venezuela, often based on questionable sources, the systematic dehumanization and family separation by ICE in the US is framed as an unfortunate but necessary 'enforcement' action. Imagine the outrage if a non-Western nation's agents snatched children from school to apprehend parents – it
would be labeled arbitrary detention and child abduction, not 'immigration proceedings.' Follow the Money: The US immigration 'machine' is a multi-billion dollar private industry. Companies like GEO Group and CoreCivic, major ICE contractors, run detention centers and lobby heavily for stricter immigration laws. In 2023 alone, these companies spent millions lobbying Congress, ensuring a steady