There is a dangerous assumption circulating: immigration enforcement has nothing to do with Black Americans.
Recent events prove otherwise.
A few Black American citizens in Chicago were detained by ICE. They were ultimately released, because citizenship protects against deportation. What citizenship did not protect them from was being taken into custody based on an assumption that their existence was unauthorized.
This is not an isolated mistake.
When the state can snatch a citizen first and verify legal status later, the legal protections we believe we have are already weakening. The threshold for detention is shifting from evidence to suspicion and that change affects every Black person in this country.
Black Americans have always been targeted by systems of surveillance and control. What is different now is the justification
Ya'll...Votes do not grant immunity from state power.
Some dingbats are quick to call it fear mongering. But they themselves are not aware.. By the time the pattern becomes undeniable, the structure is already built.
Detainment of Black Americans by an immigration agency is a clear sign that the government is testing how much force and discretion the public will accept. If the community shrugs it off, that becomes permission.
Awareness is not panic. It is preparation.
We are not predicting doom. We are acknowledging trajectory. We name what we see so no one can later say, “there were no signs.”
There are signs everywhere.
Pay attention.
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