I too see 1. as the unambiguous thing to do, follow ICE, record everything. Be a visible deterrent. I don’t think Trump has the right to order them to stop and I don’t think they are inclined to listen to Trump over the interests of their own community.
Though being around the question is what is the guard response to an event like the Pretti shooting would be if they were there documenting things… Being in that scenario with guardsmen might be impossible to both avoid conflict and provide an acceptable response. Guess we would have to hope that the inherent risk of escalation tempers the ICE people, but they haven’t exactly shown themselves to have that sort of restraint…
Unfortunately the national guard was federalized, so Trump is their direct commander and has every right to order them to stop doing things like recording other groups. I think the hope is that the Guard presence would outright prevent another execution, I don’t know how accurate that hope is but it’s a far better option than we have right now.
I too see 1. as the unambiguous thing to do, follow ICE, record everything. Be a visible deterrent. I don’t think Trump has the right to order them to stop and I don’t think they are inclined to listen to Trump over the interests of their own community.
Though being around the question is what is the guard response to an event like the Pretti shooting would be if they were there documenting things… Being in that scenario with guardsmen might be impossible to both avoid conflict and provide an acceptable response. Guess we would have to hope that the inherent risk of escalation tempers the ICE people, but they haven’t exactly shown themselves to have that sort of restraint…
Unfortunately the national guard was federalized, so Trump is their direct commander and has every right to order them to stop doing things like recording other groups. I think the hope is that the Guard presence would outright prevent another execution, I don’t know how accurate that hope is but it’s a far better option than we have right now.