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Eugene

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8. They don't care. Stephen Miller set quota of 1 million warm bodies per year.

Reply to CousinIT (Reply #2)

Tue Jul 8, 2025, 10:00 AM

Jul 8

They are going after the "low hanging fruit" to fill that quota. ICE officers can, at their "discretion," take persons who don't meet the "bad hombre" criteria.

appear in a courthouse? detain and deport
on immigration parole? detain and deport
have a traffic violation? detain and deport
have valid papers on you during an ICE raid? so what

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Trump's border czar defends increasing number of arrests of non-violent migrants: 'We're gonna enforce law' [View all] BumRushDaShow Jul 8 OP

Nope creon Jul 8 #1

They don't have a clue whether people aer here legally or not. CousinIT Jul 8 #2

They don't care. Stephen Miller set quota of 1 million warm bodies per year. Eugene Jul 8 #8

Being in the country without proper permission is generally a civil offense, not a crime. sinkingfeeling Jul 8 #3

True. The intimidation and the cruelty are the points CousinIT Jul 8 #6

bc it is more important to arrest 4 year old cancer patients than warn about extreme weather events. . . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Jul 8 #4

This is bullshit angrychair Jul 8 #5

Translation: "We're gonna enforce civil law without due process by criminalizing the non-violent and non-white." ancianita Jul 8 #7

Why aren't other countries condemning this? Marthe48 Jul 8 #9

I think they are trying not to knee-jerk a response BumRushDaShow Jul 8 #10

Your posts are always full of information Marthe48 Jul 8 #11

I grew up with a history/political science mom BumRushDaShow Jul 8 #14

You carry on a good tradition electric_blue68 Jul 8 #15

That man is like a form of necrotizing fasciitis Solly Mack Jul 8 #12

Being an undocumented immigrant angrychair Jul 8 #13