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a) The kids in cages garnered significant press, public sympathy, and protest
b) I also lived in Austin during that time, and the scale and militarization of current ICE action is on another level to what it was in the early 10's
I always feel like I'm taking crazy pills when people say no one complained under Obama since I distinctly remember people complaining at the time (maybe it just didn't make it to less left-wing circles?). It's also pretty trivial to find contemporaneous ACLU articles on it with specific complaints.
https://www.aclu.org/news/human-rights/ones-obama-left-behin...
https://www.aclu.org/news/human-rights/ones-obama-left-behin...
If someone does something to nth degree, it's bad. If someone does something to (n*10)th degree, are the sheeple really at fault for reacting? Do you not behave the same way in your own life?
You might not remember any. That doesn't mean they did not happen.
I rememebr friends doing migrant support in San Antonio in 2012 and similar actions.
I bet it feels nice to pretend that it's other folks who are hypocrites.
But don't forget that you're just pretending.