Newsweek Discovers Humanity After ICE Encounter, Offers GoFundMe Solutions
Newsweek's piece compassionately reports on the $312,000 raised for Keith Porter Jr., who died following an ICE encounter. It's a touching human interest story, carefully sidestepping the systemic brutality that creates such tragedies. While the article focuses on private charity, it conveniently omits the broader context of ICE's unchecked power and its documented history of deaths in custody and
negligence. The story champions individual kindness, rather than scrutinizing the government agency whose actions necessitate such fundraising in the first place. Instead of questioning why an agency, whose budget soared to $8.7 billion in FY2023, is consistently implicated in deaths and rights abuses, the narrative redirects to the generosity of strangers. One might wonder if Newsweek would
prefer a GoFundMe for every victim of state violence, absolving policymakers of their responsibility. It's almost as if the existence of these funds is proof that the system mostly works, with a few unfortunate, yet philanthropically solvable, hiccups.