Deportation, Delivered With a Side of Requests
The Trump White House insisted foreign policy was finally being run like a business. No more freeloaders. No more favors. Everything would be transactional, efficient, and hard-nosed. Which is why it is useful to read the paperwork and see just how flexible those principles became once deportations were on the table. According to internal U.S. […]
ICE Clarifies That Safety Sometimes Looks Like Shooting the Wrong Person
Immigration and Customs Enforcement says it is protecting Americans. This assurance arrived again last week, right on schedule, as federal agents expanded their presence in Minneapolis under the familiar explanation that they are hunting violent criminals. Murderers. Rapists. The usual collection of people who are never present at the actual arrest. On Saturday, federal agents […]
ICE Agent’s iPhone Takes Center Stage in Renee Good Shooting — Because When the World Is Burning, Someone’s Gotta Get Good Lighting
In Minneapolis this week, federal immigration agent Jonathan Ross somehow managed to turn what should have been a serious law-enforcement encounter into the nation’s weirdest attempt at TikTokCop. As protests roiled after the fatal shooting of Renee Nicole Good, the centerpiece of the controversy wasn’t just the use of force — it was the fact […]
For My Friends, a Pardon; For My Enemies, the Justice Department
Donald Trump has treated the justice system less like a neutral institution and more like a customer rewards program: commit crimes for him, get upgraded to First Class; oppose him, enjoy a surprise visit from federal prosecutors. On the “friends” side of the ledger, Trump famously pardoned Michael Flynn, Paul Manafort, Roger Stone, and Steve […]