Source: Garrison Center
by Thomas L Knapp
“Why are ordinary people, living ordinary lives, some even seeking to become American citizens, finding themselves in cages and facing deportation? Let’s not kid ourselves: It was going to come to this eventually. Authoritarian police states never stop looking for victims and scapegoats. They eventually collapse, thankfully, but until they do it’s open season on enemies, real and imagined. But why so soon? Because Donald Trump’s promise to deport millions of immigrants has, so far, proven itself an epic fail. At the moment, the US government is deporting people at half the pace of the Obama regime. … It’s easier to reach an artificial ‘quota’ by kidnapping immigrants who show up to appointments on demand than it is to track down a handful of real criminals in their lairs, or nab foreign-born workers quietly making their livings (and making our lives better) while avoiding contact with “law enforcement.” (05/29/25)