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Looks less and less like "worst of the worst" and has always been "brownest of the brown".

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[–] sturmblast@lemmy.world 12 points 19 hours ago

ICE is a terrorist organization ran by a criminal

[–] objectorientedposter@lemmy.zip 2 points 14 hours ago

ICE AGEnt COMING

[–] W3dd1e@lemmy.zip 4 points 18 hours ago (2 children)

People on the right believe every immigrant is the worst of the worst. They don’t even understand the difference between a crime and a civil issue.

[–] Treczoks@lemmy.world 6 points 17 hours ago

They don't understand the difference between crime and prejudice.

[–] aceshigh@lemmy.world 3 points 18 hours ago

No. They believe the browns came here illegally. Everyone else (white) most likely came legally.

[–] DylanMc6@lemmy.ml 2 points 18 hours ago

at this point, we'll have to reluctantly use force to stop trump. seriously!

[–] DrFistington@lemmy.world 61 points 1 day ago

Tax payers. They arrested 75,000 tax payers. Oddly enough if they arrested the 75,000 richest Americans, it would have a smaller negative impact on overall income tax revenue.

[–] f1error@lemmy.world 15 points 1 day ago

And we will never see 96.9% of them ever again. tRump and Project 2025 are killing/imprisoning/disappearing them "legally". 🤷‍♂️

[–] Typhoon@lemmy.ca 34 points 1 day ago (1 children)

We're still calling them "arrests"?

[–] DeathByBigSad@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

You have to slowly move the overton window, if you say kidnapping, people think you're "overreacting"

[–] kbobabob@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

Arrests usually come with certain expectations such as a court date. When you're picked up off the street and then immediately moved shipped out of the country, then I'd call it kidnapping.

[–] atcorebcor@sh.itjust.works 3 points 18 hours ago

But you’re not immediately shipped out of the country. How it really works isn’t much better, but it’s important to be clear about how they do this. They get taken to temporary jails which have horrible conditions and they they have legal right to appear in court. But because these courts take a long time and the jail is inhumane, many people “choose” to accept the demand of leaving the country.

[–] AWistfulNihilist@lemmy.world 38 points 1 day ago

It's not an immigration crackdown, they've made it very clear that we in the US are engaged in ethnic cleansing. Really nakedly, quiet part out loud, no dog whistles needed, ethnic cleansing.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethnic_cleansing

[–] danc4498@lemmy.world 38 points 1 day ago (22 children)

tHeY EnTeReD ThE CoUnTrY IlLeGaLlY So tHeY ArE CrImInAlS

[–] snooggums@piefed.world 24 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Entering the country illegally or staying too long is the same thing as rape and murder according to this administration.

[–] Zachariah@lemmy.world 29 points 1 day ago (1 children)

No, they’re very much in favor of rape and murder.

[–] Itdidnttrickledown@lemmy.world 7 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] aceshigh@lemmy.world 2 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

No no. 12 year olds, who are rounded up to barely legal…

[–] Itdidnttrickledown@lemmy.world 1 points 7 hours ago

I'm betting many of them don't have a lower age limit.

[–] LibertyLizard@slrpnk.net 14 points 1 day ago

So when is Pete Hegseth getting sent to CECOT?

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[–] Aeri@lemmy.world 16 points 1 day ago

That's a weird way to say innocent people?

[–] quick_snail@feddit.nl 7 points 1 day ago (1 children)

What's the number of ICE that have been arrested for kidnappings and human traffickin?

[–] jordanlund@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] quick_snail@feddit.nl 2 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

I don't think that's true. I believe there was one guy who stole a truck and went across state boundaries?

There are probably a few that have been arrested so far, and I wish the media would report in this. The narrative should make it clear that they're criminals, yet the efforts to stop their activities are lacking

[–] jordanlund@lemmy.world 1 points 16 hours ago

I thought OP meant "arrested for official actions", there have been ICE members arrested for other crap, mostly due to them hiring anyone with a pulse.

[–] Gullible@sh.itjust.works 13 points 1 day ago (2 children)

I mean, a criminal record really doesn’t mean much. Serial jaywalking by a college during the first week of summer quarter will net you plenty of citations, but I see nothing wrong with it.

[–] jordanlund@lemmy.world 19 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Agreed, but when the ~~messaging~~ propaganda has been "MS13! We're going after the worst of the worst!" and the reality is arresting Abuelas with no criminal records who have been here 40 or 50 years... yeah...

[–] Gullible@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 day ago

As they say, if they’re white, say good night. If they’re brown, put them down.

[–] grue@lemmy.world 12 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

Even more so when you realize that demonizing "jaywalking" was a corrupt scheme by rich fucks to steal the streets from the people and it shouldn't be illegal at all.

https://www.todayifoundout.com/index.php/2022/06/how-lobbyists-from-the-auto-industry-invented-jaywalking/

[–] Gullible@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 day ago

I still don’t understand how the term caught on. “Jay” is fantastic, as far as pejoratives go. It’s evocative and descriptive and just gosh darn tasty. But “jaywalker” feels like saying someone has a green thumb for construction. Just, like, what the fuck are you trying to say? It’s just an absolute abortion of a word, and my feelings on it have only grown stronger over the years. A stupid word for a stupid cause