We have the footage. Let’s roll it.
Start with a chilling image: ICE agents on horseback, faces covered, guns strapped, sweeping across MacArthur Park in Los Angeles like some dystopian cavalry. Their audience? Frightened summer campers.
Cut to Santa Ana, California—an immigrant landscaper thrown to the ground, punched and pinned. Turns out, he’s a father of three U.S. Marines. Some threat.
Then flash to Kansas City. A vehicle window smashed. An unarmed driver yanked through broken glass. In the back seat: two terrified children, lucky not to be injured by the flying shards.
These aren’t isolated incidents—they’re part of a broader narrative.
Organizations like the Save America Movement are working to document these scenes. They deploy response teams to assist arrested immigrants and, crucially, to film and publicize what happens. Their videos are flooding TikTok, YouTube, Instagram—giving the public an unfiltered look at what “mass deportation” actually looks like.
And that reality is turning the tide of public opinion.
Voters Are Paying Attention
The term “mass deportation” once energized a base. It became a political rallying cry when a certain populist candidate descended a golden escalator and pledged to take drastic action on immigration. But times have changed—and so has the American electorate.
According to the latest Gallup poll:
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Only 35% support the current administration’s immigration approach.
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62% disapprove.
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A striking 79% say immigration is good for the country.
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Just 30% want immigration reduced.
That data contradicts the notion that xenophobia wins elections. Support for extreme policies like “build the wall” and the “great replacement theory” has collapsed. Meanwhile, more Americans are embracing a pathway to citizenship for undocumented residents—an idea long demonized by Republican lawmakers.
The Real Faces of Deportation
ICE’s tactics aren’t just jarring on video—they’re harming real, valuable members of our communities.
Take Moises Sotelo, recently arrested in Newberg, Oregon. For over three decades, he’s run a reputable vineyard business, employed locals, and supported his church. He has two adult children who are U.S. citizens. Yet Sotelo, due to a broken system and political obstinance, faces deportation.
Even in conservative towns like Newberg, support is building. A billboard now reads:
“Losing immigrants hurts us all.”
More than $25,000 has been raised to support Sotelo’s family. People are waking up to what’s at stake.
A Budget Built on Fear
The administration isn’t just enforcing these policies—it’s throwing billions behind them. The recently passed budget includes:
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A $20 billion increase for ICE
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Expanded detention facilities
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More funding for border militarization
According to Nicholas Kristof, this now makes ICE the most expensive law enforcement agency in the country.
And what does the Republican leadership have to say? Vice President J.D. Vance summed it up during budget negotiations: Everything else—Medicaid, education, housing—is “immaterial” compared to immigration enforcement.
That’s not leadership. It’s extremism.
A 2026 Reckoning
The videos will keep coming. So will the stories like Moises Sotelo’s. With every unjust arrest, every family torn apart, the American conscience shifts. Voters are seeing firsthand the costs—moral and financial—of militarized immigration policy.
Come 2026, voters have a choice. They can reward those who have built an ICE state larger than any police agency in the country, or they can demand a return to justice, compassion, and common sense.
Let the voters decide. Let the film roll.
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