ICE, Lies, and the Gray Zone They Want You to Ignore

EDITOR'S NOTES

InfoWars took a swing this week with “Moron: Democrat Illinois Governor Pritzker Says ICE ‘Picking Up People Who Are Brown & Black,’ Not Going After Criminals” — and while their instinct to challenge the governor’s hollow grandstanding is right on the money, they fall into the same trap the establishment media does: oversimplifying a complex and dangerous system into lazy binaries. It’s “ICE = heroes” over at InfoWars, just like it’s “ICE = racists” over at CNN. Both narratives are cheap, incomplete, and weaponized.

Let me cut through the theater. You want the truth? Buckle in. Because what’s really happening in ICE’s detention machine is a twisted hybrid of authoritarian overreach, bureaucratic chaos, and systemic profiling — and both political tribes are lying to you in their own way.

Derek Wolfe Oct 6, 25

The InfoWars Spin: Half Right, Half Propaganda

The Infowars article serves up exactly what you’d expect from the conservative infotainment machine — a blunt-force attack on Governor Pritzker, wrapped in smug patriot cosplay. And look, Pritzker is an opportunistic media parasite who’s cashing in on outrage while his own backyard bleeds out from policies he helped design. But that doesn’t make ICE a damn saint, and it sure as hell doesn’t mean everyone being rounded up has blood on their hands.

Let’s be clear: anyone who says ICE “only targets criminals” is either a liar, an idiot, or a propagandist — and sometimes all three. The same goes for the left-wing narrative that ICE is systematically hunting minorities in a genocidal sweep. Both are selling you emotional bait, not facts.

What the Data Really Shows: ICE's Two-Faced System

The truth? ICE is an arm of the state that’s grown bloated, sloppy, and unaccountable. And the best available data from 2025 shows that over 70% of those in ICE detention have no criminal convictions whatsoever. We're talking traffic stops, workplace raids, and “collateral arrests” — that Orwellian phrase meaning “you were near someone we had a warrant for, so now you're screwed too.”

ICE press releases love to spotlight the child rapists and cartel hitmen — and yeah, those guys exist. But they’re a small slice of the pie. The rest? Often caught in the dragnet thanks to outdated databases, racialized traffic policing, and local sheriffs playing cowboy with federal power. That’s not national security. That’s state-sponsored roulette.

How Both Sides Weaponize Lies

Infowars mocks Pritzker for saying ICE “checks credentials” of brown and black people. But here’s the thing: he’s not wrong. Programs like 287(g) literally deputize local cops to perform immigration functions — and they’ve been shown repeatedly, in federal lawsuits and watchdog reports, to funnel Latino drivers into ICE custody using pretextual stops and zero probable cause.

Do you think these street-level enforcers are stopping white guys in business suits to check their citizenship? Please.

Now flip it: Pritzker acts like everyone in ICE’s crosshairs is an innocent flower. Also bullshit. Gangbangers, fugitives, violent offenders — they’re there, too. But using their existence to justify the entire system’s tactics is like justifying the NSA spying on everyone because once in a while they catch a terrorist. Lazy logic for lazy minds.

The Quiet Expansion of State Power

ICE is dangerous not because it arrests criminals — that’s the job it should do — but because it operates with zero meaningful accountability, overlaps with corrupt local police departments, and exploits vague legal standards that the Supreme Court just made even worse.

A September 2025 ruling greenlit “roving” patrols in Los Angeles — meaning ICE can now consider “race, language, job type, or location” when deciding if someone looks “suspicious.” That’s not law enforcement. That’s a slow-motion constitutional collapse.

You Want the Truth? Here It Is

ICE detains thousands without any convictions. That’s not a conspiracy theory. That’s DHS’s own data.
ICE does catch real criminals. Violent offenders, fugitives, and cartel members do get arrested — but they’re a minority, not the majority, and their presence is used as cover for far broader and more indiscriminate enforcement.
Racial profiling is not just a risk — it’s a documented reality in local–federal enforcement pipelines. See Maricopa County. See Pennsylvania. See the lawsuits. Read the rulings.
Your liberty doesn’t die with a bang. It dies with a shrug. And both red and blue shrugs are killing it.

Final Thoughts: Reject the False Binary

Forget choosing between InfoWars or CNN. Forget blue hats and red hats. Demand real transparency. Demand real oversight. And for the love of liberty, stop cheering for federal dragnet agencies just because they target people you don’t like.

If ICE can pull someone off the street without a warrant, a conviction, or due process — they can do it to you. Maybe not today. But someday. And by then, there won’t be anyone left to scream for you.

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