> Americans gave Republicans a popular mandate

Trump's win wasn't even close to being a mandate. Also, people (now) hate his enforcement policies.

> illegal immigrants dilute the labour force

ICE is not simply going after illegal immigrants for one thing. Also, immigrants support the economy. They do jobs Americans won't for one thing. But I'd love to see data on the amount of labor force dilution immigrants are doing. We should really one looking at the ownership class sitting on trillions of dollars of wealth and not sharing.

> perceived injustice

Exactly. We should have solidarity, not be pulling up the drawbridge behind us. But the current arrangement suits Capital just fine.

> If ICE were simply enforcing the law, I don’t think there would be a national outcry. The problem is they aren’t.

Agree. They're doing fascism.