Jamaica Calls It Security. America Calls It ICE Enforcement. The Machinery Is the Same.

Police killings in Jamaica and ICE arrests in the United States reveal the same pattern: state force aimed downward, protected upward, sold as safety.

In Jamaica, the state calls it security.

In the United States, the state calls it immigration enforcement.

The names are different. The uniforms are different. The agencies are different. The geography is different. But the machinery is recognizable: state force aimed downward at vulnerable communities, protected upward by officials, and sold to the publi…