Sarah Jones: Bernie Sanders Is Not the Left

New Republic ^ | June 26, 2018 | Sarah Jones

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When CNN’s Jake Tapper asked Bernie Sanders on Sunday if he wants to abolish the Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency, the senator was uncharacteristically vague. “I think that what we need is to create policies which deal with immigration in a rational way. And a rational way is not locking children up in detention centers or separating them from their mothers,” he said. “What we need is Trump to sit down with members of Congress and work on a rational program which deals with this serious issue.”

Sanders wasn’t the only potential 2020 presidential candidate on Sunday to refuse to endorse the abolition of ICE. “There’s no question that we’ve got to critically reexamine ICE and its role, and the way that it is being administered, and the work it is doing,” Senator Kamala Harris of California said on NBC’s Meet the Press. “And we need to probably think about starting from scratch.” But Sanders’s reticence was more surprising to his supporters and other liberals.

“Come on man!” wrote Splinter news editor Jack Mirkinson. “Let’s hope that the next person who gets the chance asks him why he is still taking such a weak and morally timid position on ICE.” Jeremy Scahill, co-founder of The Intercept, wrote that “Sanders is choosing to be on the wrong side of history on this issue.”

Hasan Piker ✔ @hasanthehun bernie sanders is wrong for not calling to abolish ice. 12:51 PM - Jun 24, 2018

Jonathan Cohn @JonathanCohn It is never good to idolize politicians. All of them need to be pressured

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Here's a nutty 'abolish ICE' democrat... we need to build a half way house in HIS neighborhood for 'sad misunderstood' MS13 members:

Earl Blumenauer Congressman representing Oregon’s Third Congressional District Jun 24 It’s time we abolish ICE

https://medium.com/@earlblumenauer/its-time-we-abolish-ice-b29efabe6e24