If I’m not mistaken, Minnesota releases criminals to ICE after they serve their sentence. I guess they feel like it’s better to make sure the criminals are actually punished instead of being sent back to be free in another country. Sounds like a better system to me if justice is your aim. There’s a history of cooperation with ICE that’s never been a problem until now.
Aside from that, we can clearly see that’s not really the issue. One issue is ICE rolling up in caravans to apprehend one person in the middle of the day, basically begging protestors to engage. Another is ICE stopping people based on the color of their skin or accent. That’s not a targeted operation. Another is ICE approaching peaceful protestors and assaulting them.
At some point we have to hold law enforcement to a higher standard. You can’t ask people who are exercising their constitutional rights to stop just because they’re making you uncomfortable. Law enforcement should at that point change their tactics (smaller presence when apprehending, perform the operations early in the morning when less people are out, etc.). But obviously this is what the want which is why they’re doing it.
