The Voice of Hind Rajab, directed by Kauther Ben Hania, uses real audio from the PRCS’s call with Hind, and documents the crescent society’s difficulties balancing rules and regulations while trying to save her. 

The escalation in violence in the past few months has made it clear that the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement is engaging in genocidal practices, and this federal administration must be held accountable for its crimes against humanity. Recent reporting from 404 Media, an independent digital media company, shows the clearest link between ELITE, digital infrastructure being created for ICE to use in regular operations, and ICE’s recent activity in the field. With the murder of Good and the inhumane treatment of detainees in ICE detention camps, the actions of this administration reflect the fascist ideology and the authoritative nature that were always embedded in the Trump administration. There are three main factors that I will argue point to the undeniable reality that the actions, operations and practices of ICE are genocidal in nature. First, I will demonstrate that the methodology employed by this administration is indiscriminate and systematic, targeting a single group. Second, the real-time execution of these operations has taken a “shoot first, ask questions last” approach, causing irreparable harm to the afflicted communities. Additionally, the agency has been used as an arm of the Trump administration, illegally detaining individuals who have expressed extreme opposition to his presidency. Last, the conditions that detainees are exposed to in these detention camps show the administration’s intent to inflict harm, rather than enforce the law.

The Mizzou Young Democratic Socialists of America amplified these absent voices at their protest on Dec. 11. With three central demands, YDSA advocated for policing to be local, collaboration with the federal government and ICE to be dismantled and for city policy to be directed by elected city officials. Starting off at Speaker’s Circle, protestors marched to Jesse Hall and then to city hall.

After tens, if not hundreds, of lives were lost from the genocide in Gaza, a ceasefire was brokered between Israel and Hamas on Jan. 19. The last act of the Biden administration shows promise, but as an Israeli airstrike on a residential area in Gaza not even a day after indicates, this is not the end of Israeli violence for Palestinians. However, Trump’s plans to take ownership of the Gaza strip, deporting the population in the process, has only weakened the already thin ice this ceasefire stands on.