there's a certain subset of people in the US who understand that ICE needs to be abolished, but only came to the understanding recently, and haven't yet extended that understanding beyond ICE.
and it gives me an undefinable emotion watching them attempt to muddle through like, the very basics of abolition advocacy for the first time and being confronted with having to address all the same willful misunderstandings about it that they themselves still repeat when it comes to police and military.
no, training will not help, because the violence is the purpose of their position. training just makes the violence more effective.
no, it cannot be reformed. hiring standards and qualifications and background checks do not meaningfully do anything because again the violence and enforcement of oppression is the purpose
no, diversifying the people who make up the force will not meaningfully do anything because again the violence and enforcement of oppression is the purpose
no, body cams and related tools are not used for "accountability" they are just used for surveillance of targeted populations that can be combed through to justify violence and to create snuff propaganda for supporters to circulate. calls for technology-as-accountability are always used to inflate their budget and expand the violence.
yes, it is possible to exist without this. it didn't always exist. it is a historically recent structure and it can be dismantled.
complete abolition now. abolish border enforcement. abolish the prison industrial complex. abolish the united states military.
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