Couldn’t dem cities just start making hearings with immigrants completely online?
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They are targeting people who are in jail before trial after being arrested for things not related to immigration.
Like if someone was in jail for public intoxication and in the process of getting booked and awaiting trial, they want sheriffs to start just handing people over to them to save them the time/effort of actually detaining the person after they're released (or eventually having to get a warrant to take them from the sheriff's custody).
me in a red state suddenly feeling "passed over"
this is an odd sensation.
What state?
Yup red state here, very little activity, very little.
How is this anything else other than a declaration of civil war?
We’re already there. It already started.
Sure would be a good time for the *checks notes* . . . Democrats to make as loud a fuss as humanly possible, wouldn’t it.
Based on past performance, I think we can all reasonably expect they will step up to the plate with a meekly worded statement expressing “concern”.
Also - vote your people in. Work to change this by doing something/anything. That is the real revolution.
I do have to give some credit to the dem governors and mayors of the sanctuary jurisdictions that are being targeted, but have formed a coalition and are actively suing Trump in federal court to block him from doing things like cutting their funding. I really think if the U.S. is actually going to make it without dissolving into sperate state countries, we're going to have ban together in a similar coalition and unite to go against Trump and those that would prefer to live in a monarchy controlled authoritarian nightmare.
Meanwhile my blue city in a red state with a federal consent decree preventing police from dealing with immigration, is being used like a guinea pig to test out different strategies for Republicans before they get used on a bigger scale.
Our mayor is in the last few months of her final term, and I'm pretty convinced she sold out our city in a deal to save herself from federal charges around 2022. She put up no resistance despite the concerns of civil rights advocates when our insane governor establish a permanent police force in the city last year (which can't be regulated by any city ordinance bc they're under state jurisdiction and now they're officially partnered with ICE, so yeah that's great), and filed a motion to speed up the removal of the consent decree, which is the only thing standing between the governor forcing all city police and law enforcement agents to work with ICE instead of as he and Trump put it, "refusing to take off the federal handcuffs" that prevent them from carrying out federal immigration orders.
As of August 1st a new state law goes into effect which makes it a felony punishable with up to 10 years in jail for any law enforcement (city police and sheriff) or any state official to hinder, delay, or interfere with federal immigration orders.
Our "progressive sheriff," who the governor believes was installed by George Soros, has said she plans to stick by the ruling of the consent decree, and a criminal court judge has now found an excuse to hold her in contempt of court on a completely unrelated bullshit matter, with a trial date of August 4th, 3 days after it becomes possible to throw her in prison for 10 years for not blindly following orders.
So, while I'm fine with shitting on Democrats like Chuck Schumer for doing nothing or refusing to support Mamdani, I do feel like it's important to acknowledge the Dems who are at least trying to fight back or at least stand their ground. Some of them have formed coalitions, and some seem to be left to fend for themselves while Dems like my mayor not only refuse to join in something like protective a coalition, but appear to be are actively helping the administration destroy any shields we have left protecting democracy in the United States
Also - vote your people in
Even this isn’t enough. I live in a solid blue town if a deep blue state. My elected officials have been great at speaking up and do what they can.
But what can they do.? It’s not nothing, but …
- Sure they speak up but are ignored.
- Sure they vote against, but are outvoted.
- Sure they increased the DAs budget and have been filing suits left and right, but that doesn’t stop illegal and unconstitutional actions.
- Sure they passed sanctuary laws for medical personnel but those doctors and nurses still can’t travel to certain states
- Sure they passed sanctuary laws where police aren’t allowed to work on immigration-only cases, but that hasn’t stopped people from being kidnapped with no due process
Where was I going? Oh yeah, my elected city councillor was roughed up and threatened with jail time for videoing a kidnapping. What do you do? We’re far beyond the need for just electing good people
Pakled Homan
This was all avoidable.
If anyone reading this didn't vote, you're complicit. Thanks.
Nooooooo Harris wanted teh genoSiiiiidEs!! We had to not prevent trump to teach them a lesson!
Also: O shit this fucked up
I dream about going back in time and correcting our mistakes permanently
Heard you got pretty close but only killed a firefighter. Welp get in the time machine, destinys calling
Despite common belief...we have guns.
Since this all started we went from owning one firearm to four, I got my permit to carry and regular do so.
Similar! I went from owning zero to three and have a class scheduled to get my carry permit.
Calling it now. ICE is gonna have a massive presence at voting locations next year. Wearing blue? Must be an immigrant
Yep, that's the whole point of getting them deployed to democratic strongholds.
You don't even have to be wearing anything colorful. They will use their tried and true method, racial profiling.
Yeah, it's hard to change the color of your skin.
They will just be informed of who voted for who and detain you after.
follow russias method, they have fsb/security forces at polling places to ensure the "correct candidate" at the elections.
Good. Buy some long guns.
Get a couple of pistols, too, just in case you find yourself in a closed quarters confrontation.
Get one of each. Then spend the rest of your budget on ammo and training.
And first aid kits
Rolling out the mulitibillion SS paramilitary security apparatus, which conveniently can be used for anything the dictator orders them to, such as suppressing political opponents, controlling elections, generate general fear etc. etc.
States are not obliged to assist in federal enforcement activities.
They are trying to force local jails and police officers to start detaining people for ice, and citing the off duty customs agent that was shot in an attempted robbery Saturday night as proof that ICE agents are facing violence when trying to detain suspects that have already been caught and released bc of sanctuary policies.
There is no indication the off duty agent was targeted. It seems like a random crime, but they are taking the ball and running with it.
Homan spoke in New York City after an off-duty Border Patrol agent was injured during an attempted robbery that officials say was committed by an undocumented immigrant. Homan and other White House officials argue the agent would never have been hurt if his alleged assailant had previously been blocked from entering the country or deported.
Trump officials have long complained that many cities run by Democrats refuse to honor requests to detain people on behalf of ICE in local jails, and Homan said doing so makes it harder for ICE to arrest "bad guys" in the safety of a detention center. He said making street arrests is more dangerous for everyone, requiring more personnel to operate safely.
Federal officials say there's been an 800% increase in assaults against immigration agents, although they have declined to release comprehensive data.
Of course, why would they release any comprehensive data? Data collection is only meant to benefit the government, not the people that pay for it with their tax dollars.
Last month, Trump deployed the National Guard and Marines to Los Angeles to help protect federal buildings and assist ICE agents in making detentions, a move that temporarily escalated tensions.
ICE has conducted immigration enforcement actions around the country, but it's yet to focus a sustained effort in any particular sanctuary city outside of the Los Angeles area.
Imagine that, being a raging asshole toward your fellow citizens makes you a target by those same citizens. Maybe try not being a dick, and nobody will threaten you.
Yeah, the shit they’re doing is making them targets, whether that one guy was or not. Doesn’t change a thing, except maybe “Why should state and local police put themselves in more danger because of what federal fascists do?”
The border Czar's threat is almost identical to state laws that are being created in different red states and set to go into effect soon.
As of August 1st in Louisiana, a state law targets New Orleans sanctuary policy and makes it a felony punishable up to 10 years in prison for any state official to "hinder" federal immigration orders
What are the odds this guy pulls essentially the same language out of his ass to threaten elected officials who "stymie" federal immigration orders?
Edit: So the "border Czar" Tom Homan is part of the America First Policy Institute. No wonder this same propaganda and strategy is being used almost word for word across the entire country to force federal policy onto local jurisdictions.
The Group at the Center of Trump’s Planning for a Second Term Is One You Haven’t Heard of America First Policy Institute didn’t even exist four years ago. But it is poised to be more influential than Project 2025.
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This was clearly where it's going. I guess, if it's on, it's on. Probably better if it happens sooner before ICE staffs up, figures out what the fuck it's doing when they're snatching people other than asthmatic students, and starts getting accustomed to real resistance.
well this will be fun. they will straight up be attacked in my city.
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