Race

Since the majority of migrants being picked up by ICE are people with brown skins the government is being accused of racial profiling but the majority of undocumented immigrants in the U.S. come from Mexico, but the population is increasingly diversified, with significant numbers also coming from Central America (especially El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras), South America, and Asia. Some say this is racist but the real racism is in the big cities in the US. In 2024 there were 573 people murdered in Chicago and 26 were White. If these racial figures were reversed more would be done to solve the problem. Scholars have found that journalists are more likely to put in extra effort for victims whose cases are perceived as more "newsworthy." This disproportionately benefits white victims and those in more affluent neighborhoods. This is racism but it doesn’t seem to matter to the officials who are mostly Black. Chicago has a Black mayor a Black deputy mayor and forty percent of the city council members are Black including the chairman and vice chairmen.