Bridget Phetasy on ICE, Minneapolis and the performative compassion of woke Westerners.
For weeks, protesters in Minneapolis have defied sub-zero temperatures to clash with federal agents from Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) – often with tragic, deadly results. The killings of Renée Good and Alex Pretti by border agents have thrown rocket fuel on to America’s raging culture war. Liberals have hailed the pair as martyrs battling against a Gestapo-like tyranny, while the right, including higher-ups in the Trump administration, has smeared the deceased as deranged domestic terrorists. The battle lines have been drawn, but where do ordinary Americans fit into those camps?
