This panel uses the most recent ICE raids as a case study to analyze how state-inflicted violence on marginalized communities comes to be normalized. By bringing together perspectives from human rights, international law, photojournalism, and activism, this discussion will examine how institutions like the media shape our perceptions of violence, responsibility, and human worth. From the legal logics that make enforcement appear reasonable or necessary to the narratives that decide whose suffering becomes visible and how, this panel challenges the idea that the events unfolding in the United States are exceptional. Instead, it aims to address a broader question that is becoming increasingly urgent: how is state-sanctioned violence made acceptable, and what can we do to challenge it?