US 'Humanitarian' Agents Snatch Toddler, Call it 'Enforcement'
While The Hill frames this as an unfortunate incident during an 'immigration raid,' it conveniently skips the broader context of America’s deeply humane immigration policy. Remember the Caging of children at the border? Or the Trump administration's 'zero tolerance' policy that systematically separated families, leading to documented psychological trauma? This isn't an isolated mishap; it's a
feature, not a bug, of a system designed to treat human beings as administrative problems, not people. U.S. federal agents have perfected the art of the 'missing child' scenario, often for children who are legally entitled to asylum, yet are still deported. We can fund endless wars and send billions in aid to foreign militaries, but ensuring that children aren't traumatically separated from their
parents during domestic enforcement operations? Apparently, that budget line item is still TBD. How many federal agents does it take to secure a border while simultaneously prioritizing the well-being of a toddler over bureaucratic process? Apparently, no number is enough when the directive is 'enforce, consequences be damned.'