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"No love for ICE but you go where the work is."
I take your point, I think.
But, then, there's work and there's work.
The kind of work ICE is doing is, largely, thug work.
That logic let Trawnikis (en.wikipedia.org) sleep soundly.
For an indication of what's to come, see "The Worst ICE Agents Are Coming" (www.thebulwark.com)