laughing dog
Contributor
Yeah - it’s the leftists and the left leaning media like Fox that’s driving these protests, not the savagery of ICE.Good post. Obama (aka the "deporter-in-chief") rarely gets mentioned in all this and I think its worthwhile to examine what he did (and didn't do). While I believe your points to be mostly spot on, there are other factors I can see contributing to the disparity between Obama and Trump's ICE. Namely, it is people on the left who are most vocal and active in their distaste for ICE (obviously). And Obama was largely liked and respected by the left, while Trump of course, is despised. So, one would expect much more protest activity during Trump's term than Obama's, and the mainstream media would be more critical of Trump as well. Also, it was a different time back then, regarding social media. Between 2009 and 2016, video recording and posting was not nearly as ubiquitous as it is now. And its the videos that are causing the biggest stir. And of course, there wasn't AI video back then like there is now, which can deceive and exacerabate what is really going on.ICE tried to detain a friend last Thursday. She was on her way to work. They decided to run a little check point in an area where there are a lot of migrant farm workers. She is a citizen on her way to an academic job of the science type.
She produced a Real ID driver license. Not enough, could be fake. Birth certificate produced. That was suspicious because why would she have it if she were a citizen. Likely also fake then. He was trying to remove her from the vehicle to detain her until she could prove that the documents weren’t fake. A sheriff deputy that went to high school with her stepped in and vouched for her. ICE said “we’ll get you next time bitch” as she drove off.
You GOP apologists are just scum.
I’ll take “Things That Never Happened “ for $500, Alex.
?? This type of thing of happening all over the country?
Not hardly.
Why do you think that they wear masks? You think that they are sensitive and don't want to spread their germs to people or something??
ICE agents wear masks to prevent agents being “doxed” and attacked by lunatics.
Why do you think the unhinged “protesters” wear masks when they are rioting?
They are being doxed because they are acting like entitled assholes who have no accountability. Under Obama, ICE agents didn't need masks. Obama kicked out more undocumented people than Trump. But ICE wasn't hated then as they are now. Why? What's the difference. The difference starts at the top. Obama wanted ICE to focus on "felons, not families". Obama focused on prioritizing criminals, which softened public perception. Obama wanted ICE to be run more similar to routine law enforcement agency conducting targeted raids. He wanted them operated as matter of fact, follow local rules, have embedded reporters, be nice, work with the local police, don't be assholes.
The Trump administration has done the opposite. They are targeting brown people demanding papers. They are using tricks (baiting children, using corrosion, intimidation). Trump wants ICE to use aggressive tactics to intimidate, hoping some will "self-deport". Trump sends more ICE into democratic cities than republican cities in order to punish people that didn't vote for him.
Under Obama, ICE operated with less public scrutiny, less polarizing rhetoric, and a narrower enforcement focus. Under Trump, ICE has become a hyper-political goon squad.
Snopes has some good articles regarding Obama's administration on ICE. There is a lot of misinformation that is corrected, but it was certainly not all sunshine and unicorns.
Obama's immigration policies: 9 claims we've unpacked
I’ll repeat what others have pointed out - wearing masks indicators wrong doing.