Welcome back to Circa 1945. A podcast of parables about the Holocaust, and what it would take to build a genocide-proof society.

Today, I want to finally talk about ICE. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, a government department that did not exist until 2003 and has recently expanded its operations in major cities. Demanding the “papers” of ordinary working people and detaining them without trial, simply over their real or suspected immigration status…well, that invites comparisons to the Gestapo even among casual observers.

But people are fighting back. And that gives me hope.