In Evanston (just north of Chicago), the man "resembled" a person sought by ICE and since he was in front of a Mexican restaurant came to the conclusion that he could be wantonly abused. The man in question has not been publicly identified.
Meanwhile, the Door Dash driver has been identified as Wilber Rafael Garces Perez, a Venezuelan national. Despite being shot in the back, ICE insisted he be placed in custody where he slept on a floor and was denied medical attention until being given a pill before being taken back to the hospital this evening.
What else can be said about ICE which hasn't already been said?
Yet so long as ICE persists in engaging in violence against American citizens and immigrants alike, attention must be paid to their cruelty and inhumanity.
There are certain harsh realities. In any nation has which defined borders there will be circumstances under which people will be deported. Under such circumstances, there must be an agency of the government that will perform this role.
But ICE in its present form cannot go on. It has long ceased to be immigration enforcement agency and has become a domestic paramilitary organization intent on intimidation, injury and death.
ICE will need to be replaced with another agency and with a new mandate. Of course, even if this comes to pass, it will take years, possibly decades to undo the damage which has been done by the Trump Administration.
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