During Donald Trump’s second term as the President of the United States, Representative Jasmine Crockett has become one of his most vocal critics, repeatedly calling him out for his wrongdoings. One of the key issues that Crockett has often clashed with Trump and his administration over is his approach to immigrant populations living in the country.
Since becoming President again this year, Donald Trump has been actively pursuing measures to crack down on the immigrant population of the United States by identifying “illegal aliens.” He is doing this with the help of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, which has been conducting raids across the nation, detaining individuals and deporting them. However, these raids are not being conducted in the most ethical ways. If you go to X (formerly Twitter) and search for “ICE raids” right now, you will find countless videos where ICE agents are mishandling individuals they suspect to be undocumented immigrants. People are being forcibly removed from their homes, workplaces, and cars, handcuffed, thrown to the ground, and dragged into vehicles. If you closely observe these videos, you are likely to notice a common trend: the people being questioned by the agents often do not exhibit enough “whiteness”, indicating that officers are targeting only those they believe could be undocumented immigrants based solely on their appearance, which highlights ingrained racism. Thus, under these conditions, a black or brown person has a much higher chance of being targeted by ICE agents than a white person does, and that is sick and twisted.
