Immigrating legally shouldn’t be hard. Harassing immigrants shouldn’t be easy.

Immigrating legally shouldn’t be hard. Harassing immigrants shouldn’t be easy.

An Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer's badge is seen as federal agents patrol the halls of immigration court in New York City on June 10, 2025. An Alabama woman left the country after being detained by ICE for weeks. (Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)Here’s an Orwellian word for you: “self-deport.” “Self-deport” is how our leaders describe people without legal status choosing to leave the country. It implies they did so freely, with no…