A big problem is the "abolish" slogan. Germany still needed an army to defend it's borders after WWII, the US will still need a way to enforce immigration & customs laws, cities & states will still need a body to enforce the law. The key is we need to REPLACE those orgs with something better.
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we need to think of 'abolishing ICE' as like 'abolishing the Wehrmacht.' Germany still needed an army. Americans will still want some kind of immigration and border authorities. But abolishing the culture, structures, and power-holders of a utterly corrupted and brutal system is important.
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Of course that sounds better as a fictional story than a real life solution XD
Maybe blend in some church powered restorative justice, that definitely wasn't bad, especially with sexual assault. Oh. Wait. I remember when DC did that. It was very bad!
As a practical matter, I think the entire organization is so fucked that it can't be salvaged and we'll need a ground up reassessment of how to do whatever tasks it performed that didn't amount to banditry.
What, if anything, replaces it is a different conversation.
It’s not necessary and is rarely a good idea to conflate the two politically until you actually have to make that decision.
Especially if you’re in the minority.
It is important to good governance.
It’s not important to winning elections if you are a minority party or a movement trying to grow.
It makes clear that they only think of the issue in the shallowest of manners..