Human-rights attorneys in Chicago say they cannot account for more than 3,000 people arrested during a federal immigration crackdown known as “Operation Midway Blitz,” raising concerns about due process, transparency, and possible coerced departures.
Immigration and Border Patrol officers have arrested more than 3,000 people who authorities say were in the U.S. illegally and in some cases wanted for serious crimes, all in the seven weeks since feds intensified their efforts in the state.
Attorneys consulted by NBC Chicago, however, say federal authorities have refused — or are unable — to disclose where many of those detainees are being held or whether they have already been deported.
They’re also fine with us just engaging in performance politics and peaceful protest because they can and do ignore it.
One of the two strategies at least forces the fascists to respond on terms you determine.
And if you continue to advocate for strategies that can be ignored, you’ll find yourself in a position where it’s impossible to engage in strategies that are historically demonstrated to be more effective: fascism has never been stopped by asking them to.