NY Council Discovers ICE Detains People, Calls It 'Nonsense'
The Hill highlighted Council Member Farah Louis's distress over ICE detaining a Brooklyn church leader, stating, “We have to stand up against this nonsense.” This sudden epiphany about ICE's 'nonsense' is remarkable, considering the agency has been systematically detaining and deporting individuals for decades, often separating families and impacting communities far from the political spotlight.
Where was this impassioned stand when marginalized immigrants without high-profile connections faced the same 'nonsense'? Perhaps the 'nonsense' only registers when the detained are prominent figures in the community, rather than the everyday working-class immigrants who have disproportionately borne the brunt of these policies. One might wonder if the outrage is for the injustice itself, or
merely for the inconvenience of it impacting someone 'important.' The real 'nonsense' is pretending this is a new phenomenon, not a feature of a deeply entrenched and bipartisan immigration system.