02-26-2017, 04:17 PM
(02-26-2017, 03:47 PM)BigMark Wrote: If they had tried to blend in, in the first fucking place they wouldn't need to hide now.
What do you mean about not trying to blend in, Biggie?
Some of the first deportation arrests under Trump's new order, which gives ICE broad discretion in targeting immigrants without criminal histories, took place as the immigrants were leaving church in Virginia.
Here in Nor Cal, ICE is going after their targets in the early mornings when the immigrants are leaving for work.
If they're felons, I don't really care. But, many of them are not felons. They're just trying to make a living and take care of their families, same as most everybody else.
There are 20,000 employees in ICE today and Trump's plan includes hiring 10,000 more. As we've discussed before, Obama deported more illegal immigrants than his predecessors combined, directing ICE to focus on those with criminal convictions and other "bad hombres." He did it with the existing ICE staff.
The fact that Trump is looking to increase ICE officers by 50% leads me to believe that undocumented/illegal immigrants need to be looking over their shoulders while blending in. I understand why they're hiding.
Ref: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/25/us/ic...pe=article