Tag: abolish ICE

The Prison Labor Complex Sucks In Undocumented Immigrants

By Erik Loomis

In General

On December 28, 2018

Good lord, this is disgusting. These are dangerous times for undocumented immigrants. ICE has been super-charged by the Trump administration. And ICE’s empowerment has been lucrative for the companies that both cage and employ immigrants like Yesica. A Daily Beast investigation found that in 2018 alone, for-profit immigration detention was a nearly $1 billion industry […]

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Today in American Ethnic Cleansing

By Erik Loomis

On August 13, 2018

Sure, I guess this is good of the American citizens of O’Neill, Nebraska. In the hours after Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents raided several workplaces in Nebraska, including a hydropo

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The Amazing Early Progress of #AbolishICE

By Erik Loomis

On July 13, 2018

This Politico piece is supposed to be dismissive of #AbolishICE, but in fact, it shows just how far this movement has come in a very short time. A new POLITICO/Morning Consult poll shows that most vot

Gillibrand ’20!

By Erik Loomis

In General

On June 29, 2018

Just yesterday, we were discussing Bernie Sanders’ failure to call to abolish Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Kamala Harris couldn’t bring herself to it either. But of course, the smartest politician in the Democratic Party knows what she is doing. I believe we need to protect families who need help, and ICE isn’t doing that. It […]

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Apropos of Everything

By Dan Nexon

On June 18, 2018

Because it’s a day for joyous celebration of the essential goodness of humanity, you should read this (surprisingly) good review essay by Cass Sunstein over at the New York Review of Books. All