Just to keep everyone here aware:
Shit's going down in Los Angeles area.
What happened is that there was already protests against the ICE detention facilities, and ICE made the brilliant move of kidnapping the leader of the Service Employees International Union (SEIU). Protestors started pushing their non-violent actions, with ZERO weaponry, and ICE has begun firing teargas and rubber bullets (which can be fatal). Tonight they are bringing in the NATIONAL GUARD.
Meanwhile, they're stepping up kidnappings and "deportations"--If you dont have your papers and you live in southern california I'd avoid leaving your house. If you're a citizen, keep your papers on you as you leave.
And if you're one of the brave people fighting this gestapo, PLEASE DO SO SAFELY!!! Dont use milk to rinse out teargas or pepper spray, it can cause infections with the bacteria in it!!!! Use water!!!! Tell someone where you're going, but leave your phone at home unless you're there to document. If you are there to document, DONT SHARE PROTESTORS FACES OR IDENTIFYING FEATURES on social media!!!! And for fucks sake, WRITE A LAWYER PHONE NUMBER ON YOUR BODY WITH SHARPIE, trust me, it could save your ass.
I kept thinking about Daredevil Born Again and how Fisk had that corrupt task force sent out to kill people and violate their rights. It really does mirror the situation in a way, but the corruption goes all the way to the top.
My father worked for USINS for 30+ years and taught immigration Law at FLETC. He believed in 4A rights. He believed in writ of habeas corpus. He believed in treating people with dignity and respect. He used to help undocumented immigrants with filing paperwork to become legal immigrants. He used to crack down on scumbags who hired immigrants and then refused to pay them. If he were alive today he would be apoplectic about what is going on here.
He retired when it was still USINS-- before the clusterfuck of it turning to ICE. The whole child separation thing was bad enough. It was illegal. Children were not supposed to be separated from their parents/legal guardians unless there was strong evidence that said parents/guardians were abusing them.
Due process is a constitutional right of ALL people in the US regardless of citizenship status. INS/ICE does not (and should not) legally have a right to just grab people and demand documentation from them if they are not already being arrested/charged with a crime. and as you said before, entering the country illegally is NOT a felony or jailable offense. It means someone gets due process and an option to voluntarily return to their country or to file for asylum. It's like a minor traffic violation.
What was done to immigrants in Trump's first term was egregious. I'm absolutely certain that ICE killed people and managed to hide it. Children were trafficked and disappeared. Women were forcibly given hysterectomies against their wills. Even US citizens were put in cages. Unfortunately, with the pandemic and Trump's batshit behavior it distracted the newsmedia from investigating and reporting those stories.
We have an extremely racist sociopathic convicted felon running the country. It really is like Fisk only Fisk has more redeeming qualities and is far more intelligent. All the bigots who only partake in rightwing media are screaming about immigrants being rapists and murders when their beloved orange fuhrer is an adjudicated rapist, seditionist, convicted fraudster, tax evader, and all around scumbag. He's the antithesis to their so-called "Christian values". But they worship him.
Things are going to go from bad to worse. ICE agents are going to run in to people exercising their 2A rights following Castle Doctrine and "stand your ground" laws & its going to be a bloodbath. Of course, Trump and his goons will only use that as fuel to declare martial law and then claim that we can't have elections anymore. Mark my words, he will try to remain dictator for the rest of his life.
It's absolutely disgusting what is happening out there and I expect it will start happening in other places.
