Madness has found structure. And it wears a uniform.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In San Diego, a man was arrested in the hallway of a courthouse \u2013 directly in front of the office of a judge who had explicitly prohibited his arrest. ICE, the U.S. immigration authority, was unfazed. There is video footage. It shows the man\u2019s attorney stepping in, calmly pointing to the judge\u2019s order. But it makes no difference. The officers move in. The man is taken away.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThis is kidnapping! Why are you ignoring the judge?!\u201d shouts a group of people who attempt to stop the arrest, blocking the elevator, placing their bodies in between. For a few seconds, what we once called democracy is still tangible \u2013 in the rage, in the protest, in the helplessness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
But ICE was prepared. They stood ready, methodically. In the halls of the courthouse. In a building that was once a symbol of justice. The strategy is clear: arrests directly after hearings. No time for protection. No time to escape. No respect for the separation of powers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A spokesperson defended the action. They had what are called I-200 warrants \u2013 documents issued by ICE itself, without a judge\u2019s signature. That, according to their reasoning, is sufficient to carry out arrests in \u201cpublic spaces.\u201d In this new logic, apparently, a courthouse hallway qualifies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
What is happening here is more than an isolated incident. It is a symptom. The United States, once a place of refuge and promise, is sinking under Trump for the second time into authoritarian fog. It has become a country where police abduct people from courtrooms \u2013 and the president either remains silent or cheers. Where lawyers must confront armed agents like in a dictatorship. And where every new video no longer shocks but confirms what many have long known: the law no longer applies to everyone. And fear has returned.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Human rights organizations in the U.S., in Central America, in South America \u2013 they are working around the clock. We too, as journalists, do what we can \u2013 document, support, hold the line, save what can still be saved. But the cases are overtaking us. The numbers are growing faster than we can write. And more and more, we catch ourselves thinking a thought we never thought we would: it feels like 1933. What remains is the anger. The dignity. And the resistance.<\/p>\n
Der Wahnsinn hat Struktur bekommen. Und er tr\u00e4gt Uniform. In San Diego wurde ein Mann auf dem Flur eines Gerichtsgeb\u00e4udes festgenommen \u2013 direkt vor dem B\u00fcro eines Richters, der seine Verhaftung ausdr\u00fccklich untersagt hatte. ICE, die US-Einwanderungsbeh\u00f6rde, lie\u00df sich davon nicht beeindrucken. Es gibt ein Video. Es zeigt, wie der Anwalt des Mannes dazwischengeht, mit […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1386,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":0,"_jetpack_hide_featured_image":false,"_jetpack_featured_image_duplicate_dismissed":0,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[38,41],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1385","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-deportations-under-trump","category-trump-s-world"],"yoast_head":"\n