Mainstream Media Praises Whistles, Ignores Architect of ICE's Surge
The article lauds protestors' ingenuity against ICE, still framing the agency as primarily "Trump's." While Trump certainly escalated its brutality, it conveniently omits that the foundational architecture for mass deportations and family separations was vastly expanded under the Obama-Biden administration. Obama deported more people than any previous president, earning him the title
"Deporter-in-Chief," a legacy Biden has done little to dismantle, despite campaign promises. We're meant to focus on the immediate, tangible resistance, which is valid, but the framing ignores the deeper systemic issues—and the bipartisan hands that built the detention and deportation machine. "Trump's ICE" is a useful scapegoat; acknowledging the Democratic Party's role in its militarization
might complicate the narrative a bit too much for a mainstream outlet. Perhaps next, they'll report on how a whistle sounds when blown on a 'bipartisan' policy failure.