History Repeats? CBP’s Latest Move Echoes the ‘Trail of Tears’ as Families Are Separated Again.
In a chilling parallel to the 1830s Indian Removal Act, current operations by united states customs and border protection are drawing sharp comparisons to the forced displacement of Native Americans. Historians are noting that the agency’s new policy of rapid mass deportations without due process mirrors the legal justifications used to justify the ‘Trail of Tears,’ where ‘lawful’ executive orders overrode human rights. As families are loaded onto buses in the dead of night, critics are calling it a ‘modern-day displacement’ that even Andrew Jackson would recognize.