Meanwhile, the propaganda rationale for Trumpworld's most high-profile operations is crumbling. After recent mass raid about an apartment complex in Chicago where helicopters hover, armored vehicles and dozens of people are dragged out onto the street, Stephen Miller stated that the complex was “filled” with Tren de Aragua “terrorists”. But NBC News reports this. that the number of people that DHS itself has linked to the gang is exactly one, and even this check seems rather shaky.
Incidents like these also give Democrats an opportunity to vow that if given power, they will take accountability. One thing the public has little understanding of is how lax the restrictions currently are on DHS agents. In theory, internal offices such as ICE's Office of Professional Responsibility and the DHS inspector general should scrutinize conduct.
But recently, when an ICE officer was suspended for pushing a woman to the ground, he quickly reinstated. “The quick turnaround tells me that the bias is intended to give officers the freedom to do what they think they need to do, regardless of past practice,” Deborah Fleischacker, ICE's former acting chief of staff, told me. Miller himself squealed happily that law enforcement is “untethered.”
