How could it not? Trump's masked goon squad, ICE (Immigration and Customs Enforcement), abducts peaceful people off the streets, from their workplaces, and from Home Depot parking lots, then shuttles them without due process to detention centers, including the ominously named Allegator Alcatraz, and prepares to deport them to third countries deficient, shall we say, in their devotion to individual rights. Many detainees have been unable to contact family and attorneys. Even American citizens have been swept up, subjecting them to the trauma of confinement until they demonstrate that they "belong here." Trump's quota of 3,000 detainees per day creates the most perverse of incentives for ICE agents. He reportedly has berated ICE because the arrest numbers are too low.

Need I say that this should not be happening in America, and Americans should not forget that it is happening? Fortunately, some glimmers of hope penetrate the dark clouds. The latest to come to my attention is the reported bad morale among ICE agents. Apparently, they don't enjoy "arresting gardeners." Why don't they quit?

Moreover, recent polls indicate that a growing number of Americans dislike how Trump is handling immigration. Naively, they seem surprised that Trump did not confine his hunt to real criminals (that is, murderers, muggers, rapists, thieves, etc.) but is going after people who hold jobs, live normal lives, behave neighborly, and bother no one. (And, alas, pay taxes.) We're also seeing federal district judges smack down ICE raids and Trump's autocratic bid to rewrite the Constitution on birthright citizenship. (See the 14th Amendment.)