The Northern Exposure contrast is sharp and effective here. What makes Elaine Miles' story particularly grim is how triball IDs being rejected reveals the circularity of the logic, people indigenous to this land treated as foreign because enforcement has quotas to meet. The piece captures how ICE has moved from enforcement agency to profit-generating infrastructure with its own momentum.
If the government actually wanted to get rid of undocumented workers in order to force capitalists to pay workers appropriately, all they'd have to do is start arresting CEOs of companies that rely on undocumented labor. Just one or two behind bars and you'd see every enterprise in the US scrambling to get legal.
That’s right. The motive is entirely political. The law is not being applied where it would actually change behaviour, and that selectivity is not accidental.
Yeah, Rob and Janine seem to be leading the way – I've caught some of them as they came out, and I'll have a proper look over the holiday.
The original soundtrack was as good as any show's – but the creators didn’t secure blanket video/DVD rights so the U.S. releases suffer from what sounds like muzak at times. The European (Region 2) versions are better, and they are what Amazon Prime appears to be streaming right now
The Northern Exposure contrast is sharp and effective here. What makes Elaine Miles' story particularly grim is how triball IDs being rejected reveals the circularity of the logic, people indigenous to this land treated as foreign because enforcement has quotas to meet. The piece captures how ICE has moved from enforcement agency to profit-generating infrastructure with its own momentum.
Thank you. This, from The Intercept, dropped this morning.
https://theintercept.com/2025/12/19/ice-bounty-hunters-location-surveillance-geo-group/?utm_medium=email&utm_source=The%20Intercept%20Newsletter
If the government actually wanted to get rid of undocumented workers in order to force capitalists to pay workers appropriately, all they'd have to do is start arresting CEOs of companies that rely on undocumented labor. Just one or two behind bars and you'd see every enterprise in the US scrambling to get legal.
That’s right. The motive is entirely political. The law is not being applied where it would actually change behaviour, and that selectivity is not accidental.
Northern exposure is so good. Do you know the main characters are doing a podcast reviewing the main episodes now? You will enjoy it.
I heard that a reason it is not as well known is all the music used in the show made it hard for wider distribution.
Oh yes, and yeah the ICE situation is very sad, I agree with you there. 😔
Yeah, Rob and Janine seem to be leading the way – I've caught some of them as they came out, and I'll have a proper look over the holiday.
The original soundtrack was as good as any show's – but the creators didn’t secure blanket video/DVD rights so the U.S. releases suffer from what sounds like muzak at times. The European (Region 2) versions are better, and they are what Amazon Prime appears to be streaming right now