The Border 'Crisis' Cabinet Meeting: A Theater of Cruelty
📰 THE STORY: In 2018, then-President Trump held a Cabinet meeting, framed by The Hill as addressing 'ICE scrutiny' and a 'DHS funding battle,' ostensibly focused on border challenges and immigration enforcement. 🔍 WHAT THEY'RE NOT TELLING YOU: Historical Context: The current DHS and ICE apparatus, heavily criticized during the Trump administration, is a bipartisan creation. In 1996, President
Clinton signed the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act (IIRAIRA), drastically expanding deportations and criminalizing migration. This built upon the 1994 'Operation Gatekeeper' which militarized the US-Mexico border, pushing migrants into deadly deserts, a policy continued under George W. Bush and Obama. The narrative of an 'uncontrolled' border ignores this decades-long
escalation. Double Standard: Western media often frames migration into the US or Europe as an 'invasion' requiring harsh enforcement, ignoring the root causes—like US-backed coups and economic destabilization in Latin America. When Ukrainian refugees fled war, they were largely welcomed as victims; when Central Americans flee US-created instability and gang violence, they are criminalized. This
selectivity exposes a racist hierarchy of human life. Follow the Money: The 'DHS funding battle' is a goldmine for private corporations. Companies like GEO Group and CoreCivic, operators of private detention centers, lobby heavily for increased enforcement and detention capacity. In 2020, GEO Group and CoreCivic spent over $4 million lobbying Congress, reaping billions from federal contracts to