End the Violence: If You Know Someone from ICE, It Is Your Patriotic Duty to Shun Them
- john raymond
- Jun 9
- 2 min read
There comes a point in a republic’s life where silence is not neutrality — it is betrayal. That point arrives when the machinery of the state begins to operate without conscience, and when those who serve within it are asked to commit evil not for law, not for necessity, but for spectacle, fear, and power. That point is now. And the machinery is ICE.
Let us be clear. Immigration and Customs Enforcement is not acting in defense of the people. It is not protecting the Constitution. It is not preserving national security. ICE has been transformed into a paramilitary force that targets the weak, breaks up families, and performs cruelty not as a side-effect, but as a central feature of its operation. It is the visible hand of authoritarianism on American soil.
So the question must be asked: What is your duty when you see that hand closing into a fist?
The answer is not polite conversation. It is not benefit of the doubt. It is not waiting to see how bad things get. The answer is refusal. The answer is moral quarantine. The answer is shunning them.
If you know someone who works for ICE, you do not owe them understanding. You owe your country resistance. Every dinner invitation extended, every handshake offered, every silence shared with them is an act of normalization. It tells them: What you are doing is acceptable. It tells the world: This is still within the realm of democratic decency.
But it isn’t. We must stop pretending that ICE’s abuses are isolated or bureaucratic missteps. When they snatch workers out of kitchens and construction sites, drag asylum seekers from hospitals, or force servicemembers' children into foster care — that is policy. That is intention. That is the plan. They are stormtroopers with laminated badges, and every time we nod along, we are complicit.
This is not about left or right. This is about republican virtue. About the rule of law. About the idea — the founding idea — that no man is above the law, and no agency is beneath scrutiny. You cannot call yourself a patriot and turn a blind eye when state agents brutalize the innocent. That is not patriotism. That is cowardice in red, white, and blue.
The founders warned us of standing armies and secret courts. They warned us of men who would use the power of the state to grind the people beneath their boots. Today, those warnings wear tactical gear and call themselves ICE.
So if you know someone who works for ICE — in administration, in enforcement, in support — you must make a choice. Not later. Now.
Will you be the one who looks away? Or will you be the one who says, “Not in my name”?
To shun is not to hate. It is to protect what is sacred. It is to tell the truth with your actions when words are no longer enough. The agents of ICE have made their choice. They are not patriots. They are not defenders of the republic. They are the gravediggers of liberty.
And if you love your country, it is your duty to let them know: You will not support them as they dig a grave for Lady Liberty.
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