It was a Friday evening when smoke drifted through the streets of San Diego, when screams tore through the air and heavily armed men in tactical gear stormed into an Italian restaurant \u2013 just before dinner, just before the breaking of bread. What followed was not a raid against a cartel, not a hostage rescue. It was a routine operation by the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency, ICE. In Donald Trump's America, routine has been redefined. San Diego Mayor Todd Gloria said he was \u201cdeeply shaken.\u201d No surprise: the scenes in front of the popular restaurant Buona Forchetta looked like something out of a war film. And yet, it was only a snapshot \u2013 one of many. Because the country is in a state of normalized exception. A nation growing used, day by day, to the idea that masks no longer represent shame but self-protection. Not for the weak \u2013 but for those who wield power.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Todd Lyons, acting director of ICE, faced the press in Boston on Monday. He spoke of threats. Of hate mail. Of protection for his officers. \u201cI won\u2019t send anyone out there who doesn\u2019t know if they\u2019ll come home alive at night,\u201d he said, visibly moved. And he added firmly, \u201cI won\u2019t apologize for the masks.\u201d Nearly 1,500 people had been arrested in the northeastern U.S. alone as part of a month-long \u201csurge operation.\u201d As he turned to leave the podium, a reporter called out, \u201cIs this really just about the masks?\u201d Lyons paused, returned, and asked, \u201cOr is it maybe about the fact that the families of our officers were labeled terrorists?\u201d The comment was a reaction to a post by San Diego Councilman Sean Elo-Rivera. After the raid on Buona Forchetta, he had written, \u201cThis is not safety. This is state-sponsored terrorism.\u201d The Department of Homeland Security responded with outrage \u2013 reposting Elo-Rivera\u2019s message only to denounce it. But Elo-Rivera stood by his words. What some see as protection, others see as an assault on the social fabric.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Stephen Miller, mastermind of Trump\u2019s immigration policy and architect of isolation, raised the bar even higher last week: 3,000 arrests per day \u2013 minimum. The problem? ICE is already overflowing. In May, an average of over 46,000 individuals were held in custody \u2013 far beyond what the agency is officially funded for. People crammed into detention centers that were never built for this level of emergency. But Miller says, \u201cWe can do more.\u201d And so it\u2019s not just restaurants in the crosshairs, but entire cities. \u201cIf sanctuary cities changed their policies, we wouldn\u2019t need these operations,\u201d Lyons said. What he didn\u2019t say: the Department of Homeland Security had published a list of over 500 such jurisdictions \u2013 and later removed it due to major inaccuracies. Even conservative sheriffs had objected. Lyons spoke in Boston before a board with mug shots. No names. No context. A list of those arrested: not available. The specific allegations: unknown. Only one thing Lyons said with certainty: \u201cThey are dangerous criminals. They are terrorizing families, neighbors, entire communities.\u201d 1.600 Festnahmen pro Tag<\/strong> durchf\u00fchre \u2013 ein Anstieg um das Zweieinhalbfache im Vergleich zur Zeit vor dem 20. Januar. Und das ist offenbar nicht das Ende der Fahnenstange.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Stephen Miller, Vordenker von Trumps Einwanderungspolitik und Architekt der Abschottung, legte vergangene Woche die Latte noch h\u00f6her: 3.000 Festnahmen pro Tag<\/strong> \u2013 Minimum. Das Problem? ICE ist l\u00e4ngst \u00fcberf\u00fcllt. Schon im Mai wurden durchschnittlich 46.000 Personen gleichzeitig festgehalten \u2013 weit \u00fcber dem offiziell finanzierten Rahmen. Menschen, zusammengepfercht in Lagern, die nicht f\u00fcr diesen Ausnahmezustand gebaut wurden. Doch Miller sagt: \u201eWir k\u00f6nnen mehr.\u201c Und so geraten nicht nur Restaurants ins Visier, sondern ganze St\u00e4dte. \u201eWenn Sanctuary Cities ihre Politik \u00e4ndern w\u00fcrden, br\u00e4uchten wir diese Operationen nicht\u201c, sagte Lyons. Was er verschwieg: Das Heimatschutzministerium hatte eine Liste mit \u00fcber 500 solcher St\u00e4dte ver\u00f6ffentlicht \u2013 und sie sp\u00e4ter wegen schwerer Fehler wieder offline genommen. Selbst konservative Sheriffs hatten widersprochen. Lyons sprach in Boston vor einer Tafel mit Fahndungsfotos. Ohne Namen. Ohne Kontexte. Eine Liste der Festgenommenen: nicht verf\u00fcgbar. Die konkreten Vorw\u00fcrfe: unbekannt. Nur eines sagte Lyons mit Sicherheit: \u201eEs sind gef\u00e4hrliche Kriminelle. Sie terrorisieren Familien, Nachbarn, ganze Gemeinden.\u201c<\/p>\n\n\n\n Then came the next headline on Saturday morning: 66 arrests in a raid on a nightclub in Charleston County, South Carolina \u2013 in the dead of night. Homeland Security spoke of a \u201ccartel after-party.\u201d What exactly the arrestees are accused of? No one said. What remains is an image: masked officers, children in tears, a restaurant that closes for two days because it cannot bear the shock. An ICE director who does not speak about the people being deported, but about the agents who come to get them. And a government that sells deportation as salvation. Perhaps it was just a Friday evening. Perhaps it was an isolated incident. But perhaps it was a glimpse into the new America \u2013 a country where the uniform speaks louder than the law. Where the word \u201csafety\u201d has become an empty shell. And where masks no longer mean shame \u2013 but a sign that those wearing them already know how much fear they spread.<\/p>\n Es war ein Freitagabend, als der Rauch durch die Gassen von San Diego zog, als Schreie die Luft zerschnitten und schwer bewaffnete M\u00e4nner in Taktikausr\u00fcstung durch ein italienisches Restaurant st\u00fcrmten \u2013 kurz vor dem Abendessen, kurz bevor das Brot gebrochen werden konnte. Was folgte, war kein Einsatz gegen ein Kartell, keine Geiselbefreiung. Es war ein […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2715,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":0,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[38,41],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2714","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-deportations-under-trump","category-trump-s-world"],"yoast_head":"\n