Eradicate ICE
We did not need ICE for centuries, and we don’t need it now
“Eradicate.”
The word means “to pull up by the roots.” It’s from the Latin eradicatus, the past participle of the Latin verb eradicare. So literally, “root.” The word “radish” comes from the same.
Why the word choice then? Because it’s important that we not just shut down the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency (ICE). We can’t just mow it over and expect it not to grow back.
Given the reputation ICE has earned — it’s regularly compared to fascist organizations like the SS and the Gestapo — it’s not enough just to close its doors. It has to be rooted out. Arguing that ICE isn’t really operating at the level of the Gestapo or the SS may be accurate, but it misses the point. We must never accept the presence of an agency that operates at any level which invites constant comparison to such reprehensible forces. We must never accept an agency which employs their tactics: Separating parents from children, lying to families (including actually telling parents they’re taking children away to bathe them), seizing and collecting mountains of personal items, randomly searching public transportation, harassing peaceful immigrants, arresting immigrant leadership under the lightest pretenses. If these actions can be excused, God forbid we ever…
