ICE isn’t failing — it’s doing exactly what it was built to do. When Maya pointed out that agents are “fucking up everywhere,” she wasn’t exaggerating the chaos; she was defining the strategy. The agency’s defiance of a Chicago judge’s body-cam order says it all: Accountability is a threat to the theater. The uniform, the helicopter, the masked face — all of it is part of a show meant to remind communities who holds power and who doesn’t.
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Money keeps that theater running. Michael Fanone called the federal incentives for local cooperation “blood money,” but it’s more like a protection racket disguised as funding. Washington cuts traditional grants, then sells new ones tied to immigration enforcement. Cities either buy in or get left to fend for themselves. It’s not policy — it’s extortion wrapped in the language of law and order, trading safety for subservience.
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ICE isn’t failing — it’s doing exactly what it was built to do. When Maya pointed out that agents are “fucking up everywhere,” she wasn’t exaggerating the chaos; she was defining the strategy. The agency’s defiance of a Chicago judge’s body-cam order says it all: Accountability is a threat to the theater. The uniform, the helicopter, the masked face — all of it is part of a show meant to remind communities who holds power and who doesn’t.
Thanks to your support, our limited-run series, Protect & Serve is continuing! Please upgrade your subscription so Lincoln Square can continue to bring you more essential programming.
Money keeps that theater running. Michael Fanone called the federal incentives for local cooperation “blood money,” but it’s more like a protection racket disguised as funding. Washington cuts traditional grants, then sells new ones tied to immigration enforcement. Cities either buy in or get left to fend for themselves. It’s not policy — it’s extortion wrapped in the language of law and order, trading safety for subservience.
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