ICE Officers Detain American Citizen For Hours Suspecting He Was "Illegal" Because Of Skin Color
By: Desmond Price
Terrifying.
It’s the lone word that penetrates my mind when I think about the current state of our country. When comparing it with other regimes throughout history, the similarities are seemingly abundant.
It’s terrifying recognizing where we’re at & trying to project where we’re headed from here.
The Trump regime has brought many new terrors into our everyday lives, but I wanted to hone in one his ICE raids for this particular conversation. A man was recently detained by ICE for hours, even though he was an American citizen.
The reason for his detainement?
Not looking White…
If you were subscribed back in early February, you probably saw our story about ICE agents detaining Indigenous folks in New Mexico & Arizona, for simply being a person with Brown skin. For those who weren’t subscribed at the time, here’s the post about that ⬇️
Today’s story is similar in it’s dehumanization of people because of skin color & it’s abuse of power by ICE agents.
Let’s dive into the specifics about what happened & where we go from here. Below I’ll share a snippet from a great article I found, and I’ll give my thoughts afterwards.
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