History will remember if you chose courage or complicity

Reports from detention facilities run by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement describe overcrowding, inadequate medical care, prolonged confinement, family separation, and detainees treated as less than human. These are not administrative inconveniences. They are warning signs of a system that has abandoned basic human dignity and the rule of law. History teaches us exactly where this kind of normalization can lead. The earliest camps established in Nazi Germany—including Dachau concentration camp—did not begin as death camps. They began as detention sites justified by fear, propaganda, and the claim that certain groups were dangerous outsiders. Over time, indifference and political cowardice allowed those systems to expand into something far more monstrous. No nation that values democracy should ignore those historical warnings. Under the leadership of Donald Trump, immigration enforcement has been transformed into a sprawling detention apparatus that too often prioritizes cruelty, spectacle, and political theater over justice and humanity. When government power is used to cage vulnerable people under degrading conditions, Congress has a duty to act. The Constitution does not permit silence in the face of abuse of power. The responsibility now lies with United States Congress to investigate, confront these policies, and pursue impeachment if warranted by the evidence. History will remember whether you chose courage—or complicity.