Leah Litman

approach, which is calling ICE officers now fucking Nazis and telling them to get the fuck out of here.

You know, I'd have to think that if you go to work every day and people are screaming at you.

You stink.

Get out of here.

Maybe that's a deterrent to continuing with that job.

Now, of course, they are being way overcompensated and they're allowing anyone in.

So it's unclear what effect that will have.

But public shaming, that sometimes works.

I think another thing is calling state, local and federal representatives because

They are in a position to potentially bring litigation in the event that Democrats retake Congress to hold hearings, right, to pass laws that actually would limit the ICE practices that we are seeing.

So I think continuing to express to political representatives that this is an issue that matters and that there are things you can do about it, that's important.

And then beyond that, this isn't really –

holding people accountable.

But I do think there are ways that we as a community can support one another and protect the people who are most vulnerable, whether that is neighborhood patrols, whether that is churches delivering food, you know, whether that is agreeing to help someone take their kid to school, you know, or run errands for them.

There are many different ways that like we can all step in and provide, you know, some sort of safety net.

Yes, that's certainly going to be helpful, persuasive evidence in the event you can actually get a court to hear the merits of your claim.

That is also potentially helpful in defeating a defense of qualified immunity, which, you know, are oftentimes very effective.

strong and whittle out a bunch of meritorious suits, but showing that the officers are in violation of a policy that they are supposed to follow can be helpful in overcoming that defense.

So yes, it's helpful.

It's just not the full solution to all of the obstacles to that kind of litigation.