David Wallace-Wells
- Role
- New York Times Opinion writer and New York Times Magazine columnist
- Statement date
David Wallace-Wells on Did ICE Detain an Entire Family for What Eissa Hashemi’s Mother Did?
“a large-scale deportation program is, even though unfolding somewhat offscreen, producing humanitarian outrages that used to pull liberal America’s attention into focus.”
Source and context
Original text
About this source
Wallace-Wells’s authored opinion column establishes his condemnation. Details attributed to Tahmasebi’s open letter are preserved as her account rather than independently verified findings.
Before the quotation
In a column urging renewed attention to ICE, Wallace-Wells argued that mass deportation continued to cause immense harm despite receiving less public attention.
After the quotation
He then recounted Tahmasebi’s description of the family’s detention and her characterization of it as bloodline punishment.
How this statement is classified
Wallace-Wells expressly labeled the category of conduct humanitarian outrages and immediately used Tahmasebi’s family detention as a specific example.
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- People and groups discussed
- Maryam Tahmasebi, Seyed Eissa Hashemi
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