Dan Silverman
@dmsilverman.bsky.social
Assistant Professor of Political Science at Carnegie Mellon Institute for Strategy & Technology (CMIST)
Ohio State PhD. International Security, Political Psychology, Middle East Politics
Opinions my own, don’t reflect employer, etc.
Ohio State PhD. International Security, Political Psychology, Middle East Politics
Opinions my own, don’t reflect employer, etc.
3) No one is saying you can’t have any immigration enforcement. Inevitably you’ll have some agencies doing this, perhaps a new one with a humane, rights-respecting mandate stood up
We‘re talking about eliminating a deeply corrupted toxic agency, not like fully eliminating that function of the state
We‘re talking about eliminating a deeply corrupted toxic agency, not like fully eliminating that function of the state
January 15, 2026 at 4:14 AM
3) No one is saying you can’t have any immigration enforcement. Inevitably you’ll have some agencies doing this, perhaps a new one with a humane, rights-respecting mandate stood up
We‘re talking about eliminating a deeply corrupted toxic agency, not like fully eliminating that function of the state
We‘re talking about eliminating a deeply corrupted toxic agency, not like fully eliminating that function of the state
2) it would send an important signal to the rest of the world that this isn‘t the same old violent agency with a 6-month refresher course
People are terrified to come to the U.S. You want tourism, academic exchange, etc, to go back up? You have to send a strong signal
People are terrified to come to the U.S. You want tourism, academic exchange, etc, to go back up? You have to send a strong signal
January 15, 2026 at 4:07 AM
2) it would send an important signal to the rest of the world that this isn‘t the same old violent agency with a 6-month refresher course
People are terrified to come to the U.S. You want tourism, academic exchange, etc, to go back up? You have to send a strong signal
People are terrified to come to the U.S. You want tourism, academic exchange, etc, to go back up? You have to send a strong signal
Other points that are key to think about with ending ICE
1) it would allow for a clean break with the pretty widespread hatred that has accumulated toward ICE across much of American society
Why would you want any institution to continue with that reputational baggage, even if it curtailed abuses?
1) it would allow for a clean break with the pretty widespread hatred that has accumulated toward ICE across much of American society
Why would you want any institution to continue with that reputational baggage, even if it curtailed abuses?
January 15, 2026 at 4:06 AM
Other points that are key to think about with ending ICE
1) it would allow for a clean break with the pretty widespread hatred that has accumulated toward ICE across much of American society
Why would you want any institution to continue with that reputational baggage, even if it curtailed abuses?
1) it would allow for a clean break with the pretty widespread hatred that has accumulated toward ICE across much of American society
Why would you want any institution to continue with that reputational baggage, even if it curtailed abuses?
I'm sorry, I'm just having trouble wrapping my head around how this will happen & what it will look like
January 14, 2026 at 6:17 PM
I'm sorry, I'm just having trouble wrapping my head around how this will happen & what it will look like
Reposted by Dan Silverman
They don’t know who they’re taking because:
-they don’t talk to them
-they’re random pedestrians
It is literally indistinguishable from a kidnapping when you see it, except there are so many of them, and they are more heavily armed and armored than any kidnapper would ever be.
-they don’t talk to them
-they’re random pedestrians
It is literally indistinguishable from a kidnapping when you see it, except there are so many of them, and they are more heavily armed and armored than any kidnapper would ever be.
January 14, 2026 at 2:33 PM
They don’t know who they’re taking because:
-they don’t talk to them
-they’re random pedestrians
It is literally indistinguishable from a kidnapping when you see it, except there are so many of them, and they are more heavily armed and armored than any kidnapper would ever be.
-they don’t talk to them
-they’re random pedestrians
It is literally indistinguishable from a kidnapping when you see it, except there are so many of them, and they are more heavily armed and armored than any kidnapper would ever be.