Through all these kidnappings off the street (by the way, I still can't get used to "disappeared" as a verb), one thing I haven't heard is the people who are doing these drive-by kidnappings. Trump and Stephen Miller are giving the orders, but someone is carrying them out. They are on its face immoral, and you probably can make the case that they are illegal, especially if you are taking United States citizens. But from what I hear, these, uh, nabbings are continuing.
So who are these people? And, more importantly, how can they justify just taking people, nearly all of whom are surprised, a few of them crying kids being ripped away from their parents, from their lives? "Just following orders?" I think the Nuremburg Trials has said that's not an excuse. Are they racist? There was a report during The Clinton Era that put out a huge report that white supremacists are infiltrating law enforcement agencies in all levels, federal, state and local, but Republicans shouted the administration into withdrawing that report -- which, it looks now, is a huge mistake for our country.
Or, are these ICE (and, I think, shockingly, the once-staid FBI) agents doing this because they are in thrall of Trump, or the Republican party? If a Democrat were in charge, and she or her ordered ICE & FBI agents to grab this person or that person off the street and ship them out without due process, would they do it? The more I think about that, the more I believe that they won't. They'll say it is against the spirit of the Constitution.
These people doing the grunt work have to be brought to justice, too. Remember that.
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