When Border Patrol Goes Full Imperial, In Chicago
Gregory Bovino, a senior Border Patrol official, thought it appropriate to deploy tear gas against Chicago residents protesting in their own neighborhood. This wasn't a 'border' incident (unless Chicago now shares a frontier with Cancun). This was federal agents, typically operating near international lines, bringing militarized tactics to a major American city's streets, sparked by the arrest of
a security guard, not a cartel incursion. One might wonder if the years of funneling taxpayer dollars into 'border security'—a term often euphemism for internal surveillance and control of marginalized communities—has simply blurred the lines until any community pushing back against state authority becomes fair game for tactics usually reserved for actual warzones. How many more domestic 'threats'
will justify deploying weapons designed for hostile borders within our own cities? The 'border' is no longer a line on a map; it's wherever federal power decides it is.