Protesters were arrested at U.S. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer’s Washington, D.C. office Friday morning while opposing the New York Democrat’s plan to help congressional Republicans prevent a government shutdown with a stopgap funding measure that critics warn will further empower President Donald Trump and his billionaire allies, including Elon Musk.
None of that text matters anymore. Laws are only as good as the enforcement of them. When ICE can strip a green card holder of their right to be in the country and deport unilaterally with no legal accountability for the crime of supporting a cause they don’t like, free speech is over.