Need to say something about how this @NickMiroff @mariasacchetti article is written. In a big scoop about ICE arrest and deportation policy, the article focuses on ICE AGENTS as the affected people, not immigrants who might be arrested and deported. 1/x
washingtonpost.com/national/new-b…
washingtonpost.com/national/new-b…
The first response is from “one distraught [ICE] official.” After a few paragraphs describing the evolution of the Biden policies, the article describes “ICE officials chafing at the new rules.” It’s clear in this narrative: ICE agents are the center of the story. 2/x
In the article, we hear from Biden and former Obama officials praising the policy, former Trump officials opposing, and, at the very end, an advocate for immigrant rights (but not an affected immigrant, so far as I know). 3/x
There isn’t anything wrong with reporting on the frustrations of disgruntled ICE officials resisting the new policies. It’s part of the story, and important to the policy. But they should not be portrayed as the only affected people with human emotions. 4/x
More to the point: Immigrants should not be in the background, as inanimate objects. Immigrants should be at the center of articles about immigration policy. 5/end
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