The other thing that’s horrible but meaningful to absorb is that: We are at war with ICE. It’s not “escalation towards war”, this slow motion of opinions is the war.

If you imagine the many thousands of people who died for our freedoms in World War 2, it becomes impossible to fathom, both the tragic loss, and the bravery of those volunteering to go. We’re instead fighting along ideology lines, rather than an actual frontline.

Point being, choosing to risk one’s self to announce ICE’s presence and protest their actions is a similar form of bravery, and it does have an impact. Everyone choosing to tackle that challenge should be aware of the nonzero chance their actions may result in being a victim of violence or even death. If you can look to the bravery of old war veterans, and accept the comparably low, but still present, level of risk from nonviolent protest, it becomes easier to accept it as a path forward; especially since we can unfortunately see that a decade of fighting Nazi Germany did not utterly destroy the Nazi party.