US Finds Migrant 'Horrors' Only When It Suits Its Agenda
While Al Jazeera focuses on a new lawsuit detailing overcrowding and unsanitary conditions at an Illinois ICE facility, this 'horror' is hardly novel. The US has a long, documented history of detaining migrants—including children—in cages, tents, and 'processing centers' that resemble concentration camps. Remember when Biden's administration defended these very conditions in court, appealing a
ruling that would have required safe and sanitary facilities for children? The outrage machine only clicks on when it can point fingers elsewhere, not at its own backyard or its allies' actions (Netanyahu's recent rhetoric about Gaza residents being 'Amalek' seems fine, for instance). One might wonder why conditions at ICE facilities become 'news' when the spotlight isn't firmly fixed on, say, the
US-backed devastation in Gaza. It’s almost as if the media can only manage one 'humanitarian crisis' at a time, preferably one that doesn't implicate the broader foreign policy interests of those pulling the strings. Convenient.