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1/16/26 - Friday Video Share: "Ice is a danger to autistic people"

Andrew Pulrang

Andrew Pulrang

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Friday Video
Friday Video

Ice is a danger to autistic people

Morgan Foley - January 14, 2026

I'm a little hesitant about posting a YouTube video on this topic from a personal channel, rather than a more professional outlet. But I couldn't find anything I disagree with in what she says about how ICE agents treated an autistic woman the other day. No matter what you think about US immigration laws and practices, ICE is clearly an out of control menace at this point. And its agents pretty obviously either don't care about anyone's disability, haven't a clue how to interact with disabled people, or are straightforwardly hostile to anyone "in their way" who says they have a disability. I don't find it hard at all to imagine one of these agents getting angrier, instead of more careful, upon hearing the woman say she's autistic. At the very least, anyone with any kind of disability would be entirely rational to feel at higher risk anywhere near ICE agents. And since they can be literally anywhere at any time, that's extra terrifying.

By the way ... If you think something like, "Then why did she go hang around an ICE action in the first place?"

1. If she went there on purpose to witness and protest, or just have a quick look at what it was all about, that's her right, and nobody should assaulted for it, and

2. Apparently, ICE can be anywhere, at any time, unannounced. So it's just as possible that she had no interest at all in the ICE action and was literally in the wrong place at the wrong time.

Any disabled person who thinks they can compartmentalize disability issues and avoid thinking about supposedly messier issues – like what ICE and the Trump administration are doing in the US right now – is deluding themselves.

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