While comparing ICE with the Gestapo may be a bit hyperbolic, they certainly are mimicking the secret police tactics of various nasty regimes.
Some comments on statements made in this thread:
While it can lead to deportation, it is not a crime to be in the US without authorization, it is a civil offense.
There were complaints made about illegal immigrants getting benefits. Well, the US treasury is making a profit off of them.
taxpolicycenter.org
It has been suggested that this is a left vs right debate. As far as I'm concerned, it's more of a debate on the rule of law and basic human decency.
Why not just "shut the border"? How would that work? Forty to fifty percent of people in the US illegally, actually arrived
legally. They just stayed past the point they were required to leave.
Want them ALL out? What would be the consequences to the US economy if that actually happened?
Hey, it's not my country, so do what you want. But, it's disheartening to watch Trump and his minions attempting to create a dystopia next door.