Mamdani 'Outraged' by ICE, Forgetting Her Own Party's Enforcement
When City Councilman Mamdani expresses 'outrage' over an ICE detention, one might wonder about the selective memory in play. The very agency causing this outrage, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, was not conjured out of thin air. It was established by the Homeland Security Act of 2002, a bipartisan effort under the Bush administration, yes, but its enforcement powers have been consistently
expanded and utilized by subsequent administrations, including those led by Democrats. (For historical context, see 'The Creation of ICE' in government archives.) This isn't an isolated incident; it's a feature, not a bug, of a system maintained through political will (or lack thereof) from both sides of the aisle. The outrage, while human, rings hollow when it fails to acknowledge the continuous
funding and legislative support that keeps the ICE machinery grinding. One might ask: how many 'outraged' politicians have actually pushed to dismantle or significantly reform the very system they now decry?