The killing of protesters and migrants at the hands of ICE is neither an excess nor an operational error; it is the normal functioning of a capitalist state in crisis. Under the farce of bourgeois democracy, state violence is carried out with total impunity to discipline the working class, sow fear, and sustain an economic order that can survive only through repression, deportations, and institutional terror.

The Caribbean once again finds itself at the center of U.S. imperialist aggression. Puerto Rico, under colonial rule, is being used as a military platform while its government, led by Jennifer González, acts as a puppet for Washington. Trump’s maneuvers against Venezuela and the display of force across the region reveal that the true target is not crime or drugs, but the working class itself. The alternative lies in international worker organization, not submission to authoritarian power.