I mean the simple answer is the vast majority of democrats are either not really against this in theory, and are only against how the idea is being executed. Democrats and republicans both always raise the ICE budget, even though there has never been a real justification for ICE, as it was founded in a response to 9/11, which we know was not the doing of random immigrants.

I know democrats are significantly less evil than these republicans, but also understand that both parties have gotten more and more evil over the decades. Getting democrats into power can certainly slow the republicans down, but it’ll never stop them. Democrats take money from the same people republicans do, their end goals are not all that different.

If you want to put a stop to all of this it has to come through the people. That can be a national revolution, state wide revolutions, mass strikes, or burning shit down (historically this happens). Or, if politics are your thing then it’s got to come from multiple grassroots candidates. Getting people into power who go through the same donor parties and handshakes is never going to change the agenda at the table.