Newsweek Discovers ICE Protesters Exist, Forgets Why
Newsweek reports on over a thousand scheduled protests against Immigration and Customs Enforcement, framing it as a significant, widespread movement. What the headline omits, and the article barely scratches the surface of, is the systemic brutality and separation of families that fueled these movements. One might wonder if the 'news' is that people are protesting, or that these protests have been
happening for years due to ICE's horrific, well-documented practices, including the widespread detention of children and allegations of forced sterilizations in detention centers (as reported by The Intercept and others). It's almost as if acknowledging the root causes too deeply would require a more critical examination of government policy, rather than just tallying protest numbers. The protests
aren't 'scheduled' out of thin air; they're a response to an agency whose actions have generated constant, profound violations of human rights, a detail often relegated to footnotes, if mentioned at all, in mainstream portrayals. (Newsweek)