I disagree. while ICE has been a thing throughout numerous administrations, their conduct has explicitly become more degenerate and reprehensible during this prior two administrations. While they may not be the PRC, they certainly share several predilections, specifically a lack of any real oversight.

- The Intercept published a report by the DHS Office of Inspector General revealing that 1,224 sexual abuse complaints while in immigration custody were filed between January 2010 and June 2017.

-As part of the 2018 Trump administration's zero tolerance policy, nearly 3,000 minors were separated from their parents, or the adults accompanying them

- From 2012 to early 2018, ICE wrongfully arrested and detained 1,488 U.S. citizens, including many who spent months or years in immigration detention.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._Immigration_and_Customs_E...

As for protests "doing something" they absolutely do in this case,as github is only valuable for Microsoft so long as they acquire and grow a base of developers to use it. The brand already excludes several foreign nations, likely as part of a policy by Redmond to court the present administration. Their failure to maintain an ICE contract without an exodus of developers would slowly turn their newly acquired developer website into a 21st century hotmail.

Github isnt the only player in this field, no matter how badly theyd like developers to think this. Gogs, Gitea, and gitlab especially are all equally suited to quickly and effectively fill any gap Github might present. Most have auto-migration features to quickly ferry code away from Github.