ICE’s supposed crackdown on illegal immigrants is really just hatred. Plain and simple. People are fighting back by protesting their actions, while others share their experience on social media. It’s clear from footage ICE is constantly harassing immigrants and Americans alike and escalating situations. One Georgia woman is using her TikTok to ask why in the world her neighbor hasn’t been seen in two months. Her answer is hard for others to hear.
TikToker Cele2t3—Celeste—starts off by sharing her neighbor has been missing. “There’s a girl that lives in the apartment directly across the way from me. I have not seen her in two months; nobody has.” She even notes that her neighbor’s car is still in the parking lot, too. And what’s worse is the neighbor’s family doesn’t know, either. She says nobody has any idea where her neighbor is and asks her TikTok, “Do you know where your neighbor is?!”
Celeste’s point is we need to start caring about people who aren’t us. People who are targeted by ICE and might go missing in the same way. It has nothing to do with whether they looked suspicious or they even did anything wrong. In fact, you can be an American and get killed by an ICE agent, like Renee Good. If you’re an immigrant, the ICE has beef with you.
As Celeste goes on to say, “ICE is a terroristic organization” who has recently ended lives and steals people from their homes every day. Celeste even adds that so many people go on TikTok and they censor themselves for the sake of how they’ll appear to others on video. But if we want to make a difference, you have to use straightforward language.
To further drive her point and show how angry she is about this situation, Celeste brings up a piece of history we’re all familiar with. She asks, “Do you know why Anne Frank hid in an attic? Because they were knocking door to door looking for them. Now they’re saying that ICE is going to get to come to your door and knock.”
One commenter added to Celeste’s comparison, “Anne Frank also said it started with their neighbors disappearing in the night.” Anyone who bemoans comparing ICE to Nazis should be side-eyed. It’s the most obvious example.
Another commenter, apparently German, agreed by stating, “THIS IS HOW IT STARTED HERE!!!”
More of us need to be as angry as Celeste, and questioning the Trump Administration for the way ICE is flaunting its weight. ICE agents don’t have absolute immunity and should be tried when they commit a crime.
