Nobody believes borders shouldn't exist. Well, nobody we care about anyway. But we can all acknowledge that how ICE has been handling border affairs has been criminal.

Then it's a good thing that userbinator's question

> Why do borders exist?

is asking about the essential nature of illegal immigration, rather than the absolute horseshit that US Immigrations and Customs officials and agents get up to in the field.

If you believe that there should be no such thing as illegal immigration (that is, that borders should be open to all for any and all reasons), then don't even mention Immigrations and Customs, other than to mention that they won't be needed... simply speak your mind plainly and clearly.

If you don't believe that borders should be open to all for any and all reasons, then talk about why (and under what circumstances) it's important that those borders be maintained.

Do note that it can be simultaneously true that one's country's Immigrations and Customs apparatus is an absolutely inhumane shitshow that should be dismantled posthaste, and also that one's country's borders should be maintained.

Tyson Chicken.

This part is my theorizing: A bunch of workers were getting... uppity... about little things like child labor laws, blatant OSHA violations. Making a bit of noise.

They also happened to be mostly undocumented.

This part is fact:

ICE conducted coordinated raids on Tyson facilities and picked up ~900 undocumented workers.

Many of those workers supplied ICE and the media documentation from Tyson describing how to handle onboarding, I-9, IRS paperwork if they were undocumented - i.e. Tyson was actively aware, and actively assisting, in this.

For note: entering improperly or overstaying a visa is a crime - a misdemeanor. Aiding and assisting in this process is a felony (often because there's good financial gains to be made).

ICE held a triumphant press conference to herald this roundup.

Media question: "Does ICE have any plan to investigate Tyson, given the evidence that strongly suggests they were assisting these undocumented workers in staying under the radar?"

"That is not within the scope of our investigation here."

To absolutely no-one's surprise, this (and other similar situations like it) just ... don't get investigated.

My theory, again: Tyson was annoyed. Too much noise about OSHA and labor law violations. A little call to ICE, and a little backroom deal. "We'll give you the names of hundred of workers, you can make a big scene about that. And in exchange, you won't ask awkward questions about just how nearly 1,000 undocumented workers are at our facilities."

Edit: it occurs to me on reflection you might not have intended to imply Israel. Still, it feels like they are at this point, that we'd prefer to tear this country apart rather than go to war with them. Tbh this seems to be another strike against borders as distracting bullshit rather than a really meaningful concept.