Right now our rhetoric and enforcement are so exclusively focused on “criminal” aliens, it would be useful to expand the conversation to include all illegal immigrants. Talking about a new methodology to accomplish that would remind the world of our ultimate intention.
I was unaware of this do thanks for the reportage. Like you I am interested. I also think the leaking of ICE missions strengthens the need therefore. ICE essentially employs law enforcement techniques. So it is defensive in nature and safety of the personnel is paramount. As it should be. What is proposed is a military response, albeit private. And military means offense, not just defense. The goal is successful completion of the mission and loss of personnel is a known risk. I like it for the limited purpose of deportation. But, and it is a big but, it would have to be mission specific (deportation), temporary, and closely monitored. No more Patriot Act type mistakes.
But if their capable of doing a massive temporary force in the private sector -- and presumably received the money from the Congress to pay for it -- then why couldnt they just use that money for a temporary expansions of ICE which would likely be both cheaper and safer.
Also, many people forget that "Operation Wetback" was mostly carried out by state and local cops coordinated by a federally centered national task force. Also, people forget that its deportation numbers were state driven, states that wanted to deport did so by as much as they wanted, while others, such as Cali, didnt. (although Cali later did do a lot about a decade later after the successful political actions of Caesar Chavez and the farm workers organization, which proves that as late as the late 1960s immigration was still to a significant extent a state matter)
Right now our rhetoric and enforcement are so exclusively focused on “criminal” aliens, it would be useful to expand the conversation to include all illegal immigrants. Talking about a new methodology to accomplish that would remind the world of our ultimate intention.
I was unaware of this do thanks for the reportage. Like you I am interested. I also think the leaking of ICE missions strengthens the need therefore. ICE essentially employs law enforcement techniques. So it is defensive in nature and safety of the personnel is paramount. As it should be. What is proposed is a military response, albeit private. And military means offense, not just defense. The goal is successful completion of the mission and loss of personnel is a known risk. I like it for the limited purpose of deportation. But, and it is a big but, it would have to be mission specific (deportation), temporary, and closely monitored. No more Patriot Act type mistakes.
But if their capable of doing a massive temporary force in the private sector -- and presumably received the money from the Congress to pay for it -- then why couldnt they just use that money for a temporary expansions of ICE which would likely be both cheaper and safer.
Also, many people forget that "Operation Wetback" was mostly carried out by state and local cops coordinated by a federally centered national task force. Also, people forget that its deportation numbers were state driven, states that wanted to deport did so by as much as they wanted, while others, such as Cali, didnt. (although Cali later did do a lot about a decade later after the successful political actions of Caesar Chavez and the farm workers organization, which proves that as late as the late 1960s immigration was still to a significant extent a state matter)