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They're already spread thin in MN, this will only make that worse. They're already desperate to fill their ranks with enough bodies, this will only make that worse.
ICE is currently, and is likely to remain, susceptible to infiltration by resistors.
Any able-bodied people who are interested in offering non-violent resistance to preserve democracy should consider whether they're willing to exploit this opportunity.
Thinking that ICE's collapse is a forgone conclusion seems dangerous given how quickly they're filling their ranks, and because of how much they are improving their strategies in the Minnesota demo. We should all be on the same page and understand that ICE's power will flourish and their strategies will be refined in coming months. It's time to prepare for a future in which ICE is successful, not cling to the hope that ICE is somehow doomed to fail.
ICE is not doomed to fail. But they and this regime will be their most vulnerable in these early stages. A swift, coordinated resistance is required to make the most of this time.
The economy is getting worse and the bonuses ICE offers start to look better and better. People will get desperate.
ICE is an obvious attempt by the government to get ICE agents killed by democrats. Essentially fishing bait for a revolution.
It's not just that. It's also a terror tactic and a flaunt of their power. If we fight back, they fight back harder. If we don't fight back, their revolution succeeds without a drop of blood being spilled. Don't accept their tyranny out of fear of retaliation. The regime will claim we're revolting at their leisure, regardless of what we do.
I see that as a good thing. People who are just in it for the money are more likely to resist, especially if they realize there are more of them than the ones doing it for the love of the game.
Join ice and do as little work as possible and preferably sabotage efforts?
This is what real non-violent resistance looks like
How many people that are progressive or liberal or you know not right wing and are low-key infiltrating ice right now for the greater good? I like the idea of like Robin Hooding from the inside but to see all that brutality up close firsthand would probably make my stomach sick, even if I don’t engage in it myself.
Zero ;)
Aren't they offering something like 20K or 30K just for fucking signing up?
At the same time the Taco economy is fucking up everyone's livelihood?
How many of those sign-up bonuses do think will actually get paid out?
No idea, but people that are in dire circumstances due to Taco fucking over the economy are not likely to ask many questions.
The people who have issue with reading the fine print on a contract aren't either
I believe you have to be employed for quite a while before they pay the bonus out, (if they ever do)
Dangling tens of thousands of dollars in benefits for making brutalizing minorities your job is going to work miracles in a country where many people would do it for free.
In a vacuum, I'd agree with you. But the recent increase in recruitment effort and decrease in recruit screening would seem to suggest otherwise.
Even if you don't get selected or want to join, every moment they spend processing bogus applications is a moment they can't spend processing legitimate ones. You can resist by simply bogging down the system with AI-generated fake resumes.