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Despite not being American myself, I do have family who is. I don’t recall the exact date they became citizens, but some time before Trump’s first term. I also have friends who are American, born and raised, living in different parts of the country. Some I have met in person, others I haven’t. When I see some crazy news I usually talk to them. They do provide context but never once referred to this ICE situation as lies or propaganda. My family members have expressed concern for their own safety and are considering fleeing the country despite being citizens.

In other words, I’m not simply relying on the news for information about what is going on.

> They are not targeting people who look like me as far as I know

But if they were, wouldn’t you want people who didn’t look like you to fight for your rights too?

> If I did look Mexican, I'm still extremely unlikely to encounter them, much more likely to die in a car crash etc.

Not sure that’s true, but it would be an interesting statistic to figure out. For a fair comparison, we can’t simply take the general likelihood of dying in a car crash VS being targeted by ICE, we’d have to do something like “in period X when ICE was in county Y, how many Mexican-looking people were targeted VS were in car accidents”.

I’ll reiterate I appreciate you answering my questions. I hope it is clear I am genuinely trying to understand your positions.