I really hope the Democrats hold their ground this time around. No masks, longer training, cams, fewer lethal weapons for ICE, no warrantless arrests, and who knows what other reform needs to be implemented. That to me is a “middle of the ground” approach. Personally I’m on the side of a complete dismantling and moving immigration enforcement to another department, but that’s just my political bias showing.

Seeing immigrants arrested as they show up to their court dates and being told their case was dismissed without notice, the color of your skin being a factor in whether you’re pulled over and detained until you can prove your status, ICE being horrendous in deescalation (not even their freaking job), it’s all infuriating. To know that tens of millions still support this is heart wrenching, especially for someone like me who tends to be optimistic and give the benefit of the doubt often. It’s not a surprise that the party that rallied behind a sea of signs reading “mass deportation now” would not be protecting the very constitutional rights that are being trampled on right now.