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ICE Needs Better Uniforms
Everyone's in favor of immigration enforcement until the masked goons in unmarked SUVs show up. Are a lot of these complaints pretextual? Sure. But it is hard to deny that ICE looks unprofessional. Law enforcement must command respect, or failing that, fear. Why are they in camo pants? Are they hunting illegals from covered positions with tranquilizer darts like deer? Such attire projects weakness. Our officers must be dignified, projecting the full power and majesty of the federal government, the greatest instituion God ever gave man.
There is an idea in the water supply that cool uniforms are fascism. People are far too afraid of ever doing anything that the Nazis might also have done. Still, aesthetics that conjure images of 1930s Germany are to be avoided (that means you Greg). I propose looking back even further for inspiration. 1914 was the last time regular armies in battle uniform looked cool. This sort of style would both pay homage to the heritage that the DHS Twitter account seems to think it is protecting, and project an aura of seriousness and respect.
Because it's 2026, I have created a small album of AI-generated concept art. Feel free to offer your own suggestions.
One question I've had throughout the ICE saga is why arresting illegals is even necessary. It seems like it would be easier to just cut off their access to American resources. For example, require employers, landlords, DMV, doctors, insurance providers, etc. to verify immigration status, and make a strong example of the first ones that don't. Then the country becomes like a desert to illegals and they just go home on their own. This would also hugely reduce the need for border security.
I guess part of the reason this isn't being done is that some of it would require changes to the law, which Trump can't implement on his own. But at least with employers, they're already legally obligated to check work authorization, so why isn't Trump just aggressively enforcing that law?
Is there a reason I'm missing why this kind of approach wouldn't work? Or, does Trump not really want to deport all illegals?
Hahaha. They can just get paid cash; it’s common enough in restaurants and construction even for citizens, and rent rooms in cash from landlords that don’t give a shit, and drive cautiously as beater #90000 that’s probably not going to pay his ticket so why bother stopping him.
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From the people who brought you "kids in cages" (yes, we know that was the guy before the previous guy, but shhhhh), now their follow-up hit "my dying five year old was turned away from the hospital under new draconian laws" and "diabetic abuela of six adorable grandkids has to have her legs amputated since nobody would treat her".
Enough of those sob stories, plus doctors claiming they cannot legally be forced not to treat the sick and needy, and this is why it won't work.
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There are statutes that prohibit discrimination on the basis of national origin, citizenship status, or race. Anything more rigorous than, “did the person check the box that says, ‘I am not an illegal alien,’” would, in the absence of a giant nationwide database containing a digital ID number for every citizen and legal alien in the country, be arguably illegal.
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So all we have to do is turn the country into a cashless totalitarian panopticon and turn everyone into an immigration agent, and then there's no need to actually go after illegal aliens directly.
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