Foreseeable Consequences: How Federal Enforcement, Local Non Compliance, and Protest Tactics Produced a Volatile Immigration Environment
Jan 29, 2026 by: Richard A. Graves Richard A. Graves, Writer and independent scholar examining governance, institutional legitimacy, and social outcomes. History, theology, public policy. “Slogans like ‘No ICE’ simplify a complex policy conflict whose consequences extend far beyond protest rhetoric.” Public debates over immigration enforcement often collapse into moral outrage or partisan shorthand. One side frames enforcement as cruelty. The other frames resistance as lawles
