The ability to dissent is at stake in the Rumeysa Ozturk case, in the Mahmoud Khalil case, in many, many of the recent ICE detention cases.
Our government is engaging in McCarthyite practices again, arresting people for exercising their rights of free speech and speaking out against people in power. Our government officials ought to be in jail, not the people they are harassing.
We should fight the administration's use of ICE to silence protestors who are simply using free speech to denounce Israel's genocide of Palestinians in Gaza.
Our government was wrong when it legalized slavery in our Constitution.
Our government was wrong when it continued to condone slavery with segregation laws after the Civil War.
Our government is wrong today as it supports Israel who is committing genocide against enemies in Gaza.
I don't dispute that Israel has enemies in Gaza who deserve to be killed. However I don't support genocide as a means to fight those enemies.
People may disagree with the Israelis or with the Palestinians. They should not be deported or thrown in jail for their disagreements.
ICE's authority to act on national security matters and detain people is grounded in federal statutes, including the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) and other laws related to homeland security. These laws should be amended so that our government cannot infringe on free speech on controversial issues.
