Tag: ICE

  • The Stupid Apocalypse: Notes from the Edge of Absurdity

    The Stupid Apocalypse: Notes from the Edge of Absurdity

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    Leo
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    Six months ago I compared the United States to Weimar Germany and wrote from a place of fear. Today, I write from a place of exasperated clarity: we now live in an age of absurdity so grotesque, not even the Marx Brothers could parody it. With due process discarded, ICE unleashed, and the federal government…

  • Your tired, your poor …

    Your tired, your poor …

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    Leo
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    I attended a training for immigrants on handling encounters with ICE, surrounded by over 100 people, with an overflow room watching via video feed. Later, watching Mo on Netflix reinforced the brutality of detention. History reminds us that American citizens, too, have been targeted in mass deportations. White supremacy thrives on fear, perpetuating cruelty. I…