La migra: armed and deadly, also kind of a joke

Two stories about ICE landed in the past two weeks, and both tell the same story — just with different camera angles.

In the first, federal agents shot and killed a man and then scrambled to justify the force. The justification was thin. The men with guns made it stick.

In the other, DHS — under former Secretary Kristi Noem — sent house calls to people who'd said mean things about it on social media. A $220 million budget, a cowboy cosplay, and the bureaucracy deciding it's the target of a personal feud.

The contrast is the point. The same agency that can take a life is also the one that can't resist the petty grievance. The heavy hand and the small one are the same hand. Since taking office, the Trump administration has been selling the idea that fighting white supremacy makes you look cool and noble. The budget says otherwise.

Why this matters for us: when la migra is busy with its feuds, it's not watching the fences, the neighborhoods, or the families waiting in court. And when it turns its guns, the excuses come fast.