Protection for me, but not for thee: Senate Slotkin gets round the clock police protection

For the entire time that Elissa Slotkin has been a politician in the federal government, beginning in 2019, there have been millions of undocumented immigrants living in constant fear for their lives.

Undocumented immigrants have been living in fear of being arrested by police for driving without a license or for simply being racially profiled and asked by cops to see some ID. Undocumented immigrants are afraid, they are afraid to drive, to go to the grocery store, the pharmacy or to drop their kids off at school.

Since the beginning of this year, when President Trump issued his Executive Order to arrest, detain and deport an estimated 11 million undocumented immigrants, those immigrants have been living in constant fear, since they have a target on their backs. The Trump Administration has been using the National Guard in cities like Los Angeles, Chicago, Washington DC, Charlotte and now likely New Orleans to engage in mass arrests of undocumented immigrants.

In the Greater Grand Rapids area Movimiento Cosecha and GR Rapid Response to ICE have been responding to increased calls of ICE sightings or ICE arrests, which has resulted in over 100 people that they know of who have been taken by ICE, with most of them being in detention, while others have already been deported. Family separation is real and it is a constant.

During this entire time, Senator Slotkin has not stood in solidarity with those 11 million undocumented immigrants. The Michigan Senator has not called for the abolition of ICE nor the abolition of ICE detention facilities, both public and private. Senator Slotkin has not called for an end to deportations nor has she encouraged the good people of Michigan to rise up against ICE terrorism and communities of faith to declare themselves sanctuaries for undocumented immigrants. In fact, the only position Senator Slotkin has taken on this matter is to propose weak legislation that requires ICE agents to not cover their faces.

However, as soon as Senator Slotkin was called a traitor by President Trump earlier this week, the Michigan Senator now has round the clock police protection. According to MLive, “She said the U.S. Capitol Police told her they would put her on 24/7 security. She said there was law enforcement in front of her house.” Well, this is nice for Senator Slotkin, but what about the 11 million undocumented immigrants?

Undocumented immigrants will never receive police protection, especially since cops are cooperating with ICE daily to arrest and detain these same immigrants. Senator Slotkin uses her privilege as a white politician, which gives her access to the news media to make whatever statements she wants and to demand police protection 24/7. The fact that Senator Slotkin has done nothing to protect millions of undocumented immigrants from arrest, detention and deportation, while being the target of verbal threats, demonstrates she isn’t interested in practicing solidarity with undocumented immigrants, she only wants to protect her own ass. Where I come from, we name call that person a coward.