The Hill Discovers Immigration Raids Are Bad When Trump Does Them
The Hill opinion piece laments the 130 DHS arrests in Charlotte, suggesting such actions could politically backfire on Trump. This framing conveniently ignores that mass deportations, family separations, and the militarization of ICE are not novelties. Obama’s administration deported more people than any before it—nearly 3 million individuals, a figure that earned him the moniker
“Deporter-in-Chief.” The infrastructure for these raids, for these separations, was robust long before Trump popularized them. So, the concern now? It’s less about the inherent brutality of the policy and more about whether it “turns voters against him.” One might wonder, where was this profound moral introspection when the Democratic Party was orchestrating
similar sweeps, albeit with less belligerent rhetoric? The critique isn't of the system itself, but of its branding by the “wrong” politician. The Hill, and much of mainstream media, seems to apply its humanitarian lens selectively, based on who sits in the Oval Office.