The Hill Scrambles to 'Scramble' Immigration — Not Dehumanization
The Hill reports on a 'national storm' over an ICE killing, framing it as a political 'scramble' for immigration policy. What The Hill's 'memo' conveniently omits is the consistent, bipartisan brutality of ICE. This isn't a sudden storm but a perpetual climate, warmed by successive administrations, from Obama's record deportations to Trump's family separations. The 'political picture' doesn't
scramble; it merely reflects the dehumanization baked into the system, regardless of who occupies the White House. One might wonder why the 'nation' only 'storms' when a killing becomes too public to ignore, rather than consistently questioning the existence and unchecked power of an agency known for its human rights abuses. This framing allows politicians to feign surprise and 'reconsider'
policies they actively uphold. The real 'scramble' is by those desperately trying to escape a system designed to treat them as less than human, while the media focuses on how inconveniently messy their deaths are for political optics.