If congressional Democrats were capable of understanding their role as an opposition beyond the narrow confines of their legislative roles, they could realize that you can actually leverage public opinion to demand an end to ICE operations without actually needing to pass a bill

Americans have a caricatured view of democracy of something that has just always existed, and this is an unfortunate oversight. American history has always been a conflict between democracy and authoritarianism. Hopefully we emerge more democratic on the other side. 9/9