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Donald Trump Tells ICE Agents To Target Democratic Strongholds

Rogue Valley

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Donald Trump tells ICE agents to target Democratic strongholds

Trump has called on ICE to expand operations in cities, "such as Los Angeles, Chicago, and New York."
www.newsweek.com


Some observations:

1) The above shows that Trump's deportation obsession is based on bigotry and politics rather than any allegiance to "law and order".

2) Trump government agencies are transferring personal data from Medicaid to ICE. This seems to violate US patient privacy and HIPPAA laws.

3) Trump seems to believe that his Truth Social posts are tantamont to dictatorial decrees.
 
He's trying to provoke civil unrest, has been for a couple months.
He wants to be able to justify Draconian exercise of power.
 
Grand Mal said:
He's trying to provoke civil unrest, has been for a couple months.
He wants to be able to justify Draconian exercise of power.
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That and he doesn't want piece of shit MAGAs in red states to feel the brunt of his reckless policies.
 
Everything he does is based on his ego

It should come as no surprise that he will order the enforcement to “law” to be targeted against those that don’t bend a knee to fluff him.

Nothing he does - including immigration enforcement - is actually for the betterment of the US and lives of average Americans.
 
Certain areas of the country have more illegal immigrants than others. Can we agree on that?
 
While it sounds sleazy, let's face it, a lot of illegals gravitate towards big cities, and most big cities are run by Dems.

HOWEVER - Trump could have avoided the controversy by simply saying he is going for illegals in big cities without citing the political leaning of those cities.
 
Grand Mal said:
He's trying to provoke civil unrest, has been for a couple months.
He wants to be able to justify Draconian exercise of power.
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Civil unrest is the reason for sanctuary cities. Create a problem and dependency to big to fix.
I wonder if Republicans could fix the census so that foreign national here illegally do not count if the incentive to invite illegal immigration would go away. Sanctuary states and cities need the extra representation.
 
tRump didn't have to say a damn thing because the rational assumption is that ICE will hunt down illegals where ever they are. Will those who work in big city hotels and restaurants be exempt?
 
Argent said:
tRump didn't have to say a damn thing because the rational assumption is that ICE will hunt down illegals where ever they are. Will those who work in big city hotels and restaurants be exempt?
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He can't help but give up the game. He is incapable of helping himself, by keeping his ****-sucker shut. And he will blame everyone else because of it.
 
Grand Mal said:
He's trying to provoke civil unrest, has been for a couple months.
He wants to be able to justify Draconian exercise of power.
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The clock is ticking, and he knows he messed up; he doesn't want to go to jail after his term. He's looking for a way out.
 
If this administration wants to target us with violence, they will be met with violence. Trying to repeat what is happening in LA everywhere else is a very bad idea.
 
Rogue Valley said:
1) The above shows that Trump's deportation obsession is based on bigotry and politics rather than any allegiance to "law and order".
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All else aside, one can plausibly argue that it's these cities that have sanctuary policies. Cities that don't have those policies require less attention from ICE because they share information. Cities that don't share that information require more manpower to achieve similar results.
 
BirdinHand said:
Some of the largest concentration of undocumented immigrants in the US are TX and Florida…



I must have missed where they were included in his post…can you share that part?
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Houston, DFW, and Miami all have greater populations of undocumented immigrants than Chicago.
 
SuperDS77 said:
Certain areas of the country have more illegal immigrants than others. Can we agree on that?
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Yep. There are a lot of illegals in Fresno, Bakersfield and Stockton. Those counties are red, though. Farmworkers are typically found in red areas while hotel workers in blue.

And since Trump has exempted both, what exactly is he doing?
 
Michael Cole said:
Yep. There are a lot of illegals in Fresno, Bakersfield and Stockton. Those counties are red, though. Farmworkers are typically found in red areas while hotel workers in blue.

And since Trump has exempted both, what exactly is he doing?
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Good question. I believe restaurants were in that list as well, so that's an industry that would likely be targeted to so I'm not sure. As an aside, there's quite a bit of chatter about the upcoming international sporting events (FIFA World Cup and Summer Olympics) due to the recent bans on travel. While the athletes and staff are exempt, the fans are not, which is causing an issue. The idea of having ICE at evens policing things is also causing concern. There's the FIFA World Club Cup going on right now and while ticket sales have not been good due to other factors (lob sided match ups eg. yesterday's 10-0 match between Bayern and Auckland), the potential of being hassled is not appealing in the slightest. I didn't buy a ticket for the finals because of it, since it makes no sense to pay hundreds of dollars to be in that kind of unpredictable situation.
 
And yet, there are some of the largest populations of undocumented immigrants in TX and FL.

You’d think that if “sanctuary city” policies were the issue, you wouldn’t see these two states on the top of the list.

 
SuperDS77 said:
Certain areas of the country have more illegal immigrants than others. Can we agree on that?
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What you're seeing is Trump using his position to use the law only against his political opponents.

Laws for thee and not for me.

The call of the Tyrant.
 

He's not very subtle and keeps telling people who he is. The fantasy he lives in where he gets to rule us is never going to happen.
 
Argent said:
tRump didn't have to say a damn thing because the rational assumption is that ICE will hunt down illegals where ever they are. Will those who work in big city hotels and restaurants be exempt?
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He's signaling to his supporters that he intends to "hurt the right people".

This is about his polling.
 
When the Government attacks its own people, that is the main precursor of Civil War. When it is the opposition or a group that is being attacked, it can lead to genocide. The sooner the people remove this government, the sooner that this does not end up as an actual Civil War. There is no other solution unless one wants violence. No one should want to kill their neighbors, but some seem to fantasies about killing the Left. And those people are coming out into the open.

This situation is beyond unsustainable. I do not see it lasting through the summer. I do not even think we will make it to the midterms.
 
BirdinHand said:
And yet, there are some of the largest populations of undocumented immigrants in TX and FL.

You’d think that if “sanctuary city” policies were the issue, you wouldn’t see these two states on the top of the list.

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You'll note I said nothing about the number of illegal aliens in certain cities and instead referenced the level of local cooperation.
 
Trump is provoking hard, he needs violent incidents to allow him to crack down on Democratic State governments. Especially with his reputation stained by his lame and boring birthday parade no one came to. The parade that was supposed to make him look powerful and scary made him look weak and pathetic. Now he needs to remedy that quickly, and the only way to do that is to escalate as quickly as possible.
 
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