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> Though flights have been a part of US immigration operation for years, the speed and scale of the ICE program today is unprecedented. Since Trump's inaugurati

> Though flights have been a part of US immigration operation for years, the speed and scale of the ICE program today is unprecedented. Since Trump's inauguration, there have been more than 1,000 deportation flights to other countries, up 15% over the January to July period last year, according to Witness at Border. What this is really saying: Trump administration continues long-standing US government policy (incl. previous Democratic administrations) of deporting flights , improving effectiveness by 15%. A couple of questions arise for me: a) is this a good policy? b) is the execution being done in a legal manner (due process, etc.)? c) why did the Democratic Party not advertise their immigration enforcement to the electorate, when that was probably the most foundational issue the opposition ran on?

woodpanel 1y ago
Re c) Propably a result of wheighing the options here: curbing the enthusiasm of your opponent's base vs. that of yours. You loose more of your own base than you're going to win from the opponents. From this perspective, it can be quite logical why the DNC stayed silent about this. After luring your base in with "enforcing rule-of-law is racist"-rethoric, admitting to enforcing the law would be a bit of political suicide.
- analognoise 1y ago
  Has anybody ever said “enforcing the rule of law is racist”? This is America, we’ve had plenty of explicitly racist laws without a canard like this for “the Dems”.
  - woodpanel 1y ago
    You make it sound like no one ever demanded to „defund the police“
    - analognoise 1y ago
      How popular was “defund the police”? Do you have any facts or figures? I took “defund the police” to be a knee jerk reaction to having one of the largest prison populations per capita, the most money spent on policing, combined with a violent and racist history - a good number of people are (rightfully) fed up. I don’t think it was ever broadly popular. We could cut our police budgets by a massive amount and still be overspending on it.

woodpanel 1y ago

Re c) Propably a result of wheighing the options here: curbing the enthusiasm of your opponent's base vs. that of yours. You loose more of your own base than you're going to win from the opponents. From this perspective, it can be quite logical why the DNC stayed silent about this. After luring your base in with "enforcing rule-of-law is racist"-rethoric, admitting to enforcing the law would be a bit of political suicide.

analognoise 1y ago
Has anybody ever said “enforcing the rule of law is racist”? This is America, we’ve had plenty of explicitly racist laws without a canard like this for “the Dems”.
- woodpanel 1y ago
  You make it sound like no one ever demanded to „defund the police“
  - analognoise 1y ago
    How popular was “defund the police”? Do you have any facts or figures? I took “defund the police” to be a knee jerk reaction to having one of the largest prison populations per capita, the most money spent on policing, combined with a violent and racist history - a good number of people are (rightfully) fed up. I don’t think it was ever broadly popular. We could cut our police budgets by a massive amount and still be overspending on it.