National Protest and 'disband the cops' discussion (please review page 1)

[TLDR20]

Can you explain what you mean? That's confusing.

If I was approached right now, by agents of Immigration and Customs, I could not prove I’m an American citizen.

 

[TLDR20]

Woof. Well, the limit doesn't exist.

Let's do this, if we are playing the slippery slope/appeal to emotion/false equivalency game.

"How many American women like Laken Riley need to be raped and murdered by illegal immigrants before we remove all illegal immigrants from America, using whatever means necessary? Is it one? 100? 1000? Is it worth it to temporarily detain and then release Citizens to deport violent rapists and murderes here illegally? I think so."

Just take whatever response you've got, and apply it to your question, they're exactly same.

You are okay with the government detaining you until you’ve proven you are an American citizen?

I don’t carry my birth certificate or passport with me. Other than those two things how can I prove I am a citizen? I’m not willing to sacrifice an inch of my 4th amendment rights so that we can deport illegal immigrants. It is just too “show me your papers” for me to agree to anything like that. That is what is happening. It has been happening for decades at BP checkpoints in Border regions, and now they are going out and just arresting/detaining people, and putting the burden of proof on them. It is not right.

 

[ThunderHorse]

I am sitting at lunch right now, I could not prove I was an American citizen as I sit here.

So, you don't have a birth certificate or a Passport? Passports clearly say whether you are an American Citizen. And if you haven't also requested a Passport card on renewal of your passport...my brother it's helpful AF.

 

[TLDR20]

So, you don't have a birth certificate or a Passport? Passports clearly say whether you are an American Citizen. And if you haven't also requested a Passport card on renewal of your passport...my brother it's helpful AF.

Like I said, sitting at a Mexican restaurant, I don’t have my passport or birth certificate. I don’t think 99.9% of Americans keep those things on them.

 

[amlove21]

You are okay with the government detaining you until you’ve proven you are an American citizen?

I don’t carry my birth certificate or passport with me. Other than those two things how can I prove I am a citizen? I’m not willing to sacrifice an inch of my 4th amendment rights so that we can deport illegal immigrants. It is just too “show me your papers” for me to agree to anything like that. That is what is happening. It has been happening for decades at BP checkpoints in Border regions, and now they are going out and just arresting/detaining people, and putting the burden of proof on them. It is not right.

Got it, thanks for explaining. I understand your point on the 4th and detainment as an American citizen- I agree with your point about border stops fully, actually, they're unconstitutional as it pertains to habeas corpus and the 4th, IMO- but your argument loses me when you hit the bolded above.

Do you think conflating the unconstitutional detainment of legal citizens with the broader operations of ICE/LE in the context of our very real national security threat environment is a valid argument?

Like I said, sitting at a Mexican restaurant, I don’t have my passport or birth certificate. I don’t think 99.9% of Americans keep those things on them.

99.9% of Americans aren't required to by law. Profiling isn't illegal (inherently), so if someone just randomly asked for your passport or birth certificate at the restaurant I would get it if you got pissed, but I would also be pretty shocked.

How much do you think unconstitutional detainment has happened recently? How big of a problem is it in your estimation? And what would be the reasonable fix here- for LE to assume that because they're here, they're legal, and we can't ask anyone for an ID?

The problem statement still remains- 10-15M illegals in the country. Undermines our constitutionally valid system of government re: voting. Illegals gotta go. Unless you disagree with those statements- what's the COA for identifying and removing illegals?

 

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Only in 2025 America would any discussion topic have content that included concern about the repercussions illegal aliens reaching voting age.

Fuck them all.
Fuck them all right in their stupid illegal assholes.

The rotting bags of guts do this shit here in the USA because they know that our growing population of empty shirts and dead souls will sympathize with them. If these cocksuckers did this shit in Mexico, the cartels would cut their fucking heads off.

 

[amlove21]

Only in 2025 America would any discussion topic have content that included concern about the repercussions illegal aliens reaching voting age.

Fuck them all.
Fuck them all right in their stupid illegal assholes.

The rotting bags of guts do this shit here in the USA because they know that our growing population of empty shirts and dead souls will sympathize with them. If these cocksuckers did this shit in Mexico, the cartels would cut their fucking heads off.

If the roles were reversed- if Americans flooded Mexico and we replaced Los Angeles for Mexico City- imagine. Imagine the response.

 

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The prison from "Midnight Express" would look like a day spa.

 

[TLDR20]

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Do you think conflating the unconstitutional detainment of legal citizens with the broader operations of ICE/LE in the context of our very real national security threat environment is a valid argument?

99.9% of Americans aren't required to by law. Profiling isn't illegal (inherently), so if someone just randomly asked for your passport or birth certificate at the restaurant I would get it if you got pissed, but I would also be pretty shocked.

How much do you think unconstitutional detainment has happened recently? How big of a problem is it in your estimation? And what would be the reasonable fix here- for LE to assume that because they're here, they're legal, and we can't ask anyone for an ID?

The problem statement still remains- 10-15M illegals in the country. Undermines our constitutionally valid system of government re: voting. Illegals gotta go. Unless you disagree with those statements- what's the COA for identifying and removing illegals?

I think that if you are in the United States you are still entitled to due process. The courts agree with me.

I don’t think the burden of proof should be on an individual because they were profiled.

 

[TLDR20]

I want to be very clear. I do not have an ounce of support in my body for these idiots in LA. My position is not in line with any of them. The use of unconstitutional powers by ICE for decades is bothersome to me. It is just at the forefront getting attention now.

I think I have brought up the BP checkpoints in every single discussion of immigration and enforcement ever. I think it is not appropriate for the government to ask me for proof of my citizenship unless I am entering the country.

 

[amlove21]

I want to be very clear. I do not have an ounce of support in my body for these idiots in LA. My position is not in line with any of them. The use of unconstitutional powers by ICE for decades is bothersome to me. It is just at the forefront getting attention now.

I think I have brought up the BP checkpoints in every single discussion of immigration and enforcement ever. I think it is not appropriate for the government to ask me for proof of my citizenship unless I am entering the country.

Yeah that's fair, I get what you were saying.

I'd ask again for the fix. Is ICE allowed to ask who they suspect to be an illegal immigrant to prove their citizenship? Granted, they're going to ask someone, that person won't have their ID on them, they'll detain them, they'll be perfectly legal, they let them go. We all know that happens, and your point on the 4th is a fair one.

All that being said- the problem remains, so what is the actual way forward here? Because one side immediately and repeatedly engages in domestic terror to resist the "use of unconstitutional powers by ICE". And that's exactly what's happening now, and what will happen for the next two weeks, specifically on June 14th, nationwide. The red/green alliance is alive and well, and bad actors are going to seize on this unrest. So it has to stop, and we don't have a time machine.

My fix? Lock everything down, arrest every agitator with whatever force is necessary. Ban masks in public. Re-infoce the local PDs. Charge everyone who incites, elected officials included. Then we could maybe "talk about stuff with guys in non-threatening clothes".

 

[amlove21]

Related but not really- Cali was already hemorrhaging people. What's the bet we see a second wave of people leaving Cali?

 

[TLDR20]

I don’t have an easy to write out answer to a problem as complex as this. I think we have seen in our past that it is not wise to sacrifice the liberties of others for perceived temporary safety. This isn’t about the protestors.

The protestors should be dispersed, violently if necessary. That they are flying Mexican flags while under the banner of our protection pisses me off to no end.

 

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Many Most Almost ALL of these poor innocent ICE raid victims are criminals.
Criminal that have committed a crime - been arrested - processed - found to be an illegal alien during processing - released by leftist policies - and then - POOF - they disappear just like Kaiser Soze after leaving Agent Kujan's office.

Then they get ratted out and tracked and located and raided and detained and maybe even deported - but the idea that countless US citizens are having their 4th amendment rights shit on by the Orangeman because they "look like illegal aliens" just isn't how this is playing out across the country. When ICE starts doing that - the Leftist Lawfare will be on full display just like it was when the left started to intentionally lie about Border Patrol Agents "horse whipping": innocent people. This is just another bit of strawman induced kabuki theater by the left to spread as much disinformation as they can before the news cycle shifts to Elons next anti-Trump tweet.

Where are all of the news reports about US CITIZENS that have been detained and deported after being arrested for walking while Hispanic? Yet at the end of the day almost EVERYTHING in the news is a little more than nonsequiter about all of the poor oppressed innocent people being unfairly detained. When every activist judge and state prosecutor this side of the Rio Grande can sue the government or place injunctions for OBVIOUS bullshit - the suggestion that I'm to believe they wouldn't be televising the victory lap when ICE does something that really IS illegal?
...fuhgedaboutit

ICE isn't walking down the street, and arresting a guy with a suntan because he's wearing work boots and eating a fucking taco. They aren't patrolling the streets stopping dark skinned folks and demanding papers.
When they - do - fuck them too.
Until then, the best I can muster is a very disinterested 'meh

 

[Cookie_]

How did Catch and Release work for us up until now?

Catch and release was a pretty dumb program. We'd have been better off building a tent city holding facility and funding immigration courts to process people instead.

This CATO write-up is pretty good and hits on how T42 basically lead to a build-up of migrants on the border repeatedly attempting to cross.

Something it touches on is our labor markets, but what I think it misses is how toothless we are to companies caught hiring illegals. ICE can go after these companies, but they almost never do. According to This article they hit their peak with 25 cases one year under Obama.

I'll give some flowers to this admin; They have started to fine businesses. I think its a good start, but I'd like to see more resources go to tackling this/reforming the penalties. People cross illegally because they are incentivized by businesses/corps that'll give them jobs.

 

[ThunderHorse]

Like I said, sitting at a Mexican restaurant, I don’t have my passport or birth certificate. I don’t think 99.9% of Americans keep those things on them.

Since getting my passport card...after the one time not bringing it and treating it like my passport. It stays in my wallet. Which helps since I needed a RealiD [because Arizona]. Highly recommend.

More Americans had their rights violated by Obama in a year than they have in 4.5 years of Trump. Let's just be real about it.

 

[amlove21]

I don’t have an easy to write out answer to a problem as complex as this. I think we have seen in our past that it is not wise to sacrifice the liberties of others for perceived temporary safety. This isn’t about the protestors.

The protestors should be dispersed, violently if necessary. That they are flying Mexican flags while under the banner of our protection pisses me off to no end.

I understand what point you're making here, and I disagree with the extent to which you buttress it.

I agree, any rights taken away are never given back. I agree that sacrificing security for liberty means you deserve neither. I agree that the Heglian Dialectic is a slippery slope to enslavement.

Where I disagree is that you're using those truisms to defend the largest mass migration in history and illegal invasion of our country.

It's not about the protestors... you mean rioters? Fine. I am totally willing to make it only about the people here illegally (who are also agitating the riots, oddly)- for whatever bleeding heart index case you can lob (mother of cancer kids, separating families, ICE asking for ID just because they might 'look illegal')- and they have to go. Full stop. It sucks for those people here illegally that may be otherwise good people, but life is hard. If I was them, I would be super pissed at the Dems for championing wife beating human trafficking MS-13 gang members and making Mr. Maryland Man the face of this issue. If only some calm people in suits could have stopped turning the temp up at every turn, we could have talked about it. The time to talk is now over. We are in "FO".

This is a national security issue that puts Americans at risk. That fact trumps (see what I did there) all other tangential concerns about the possible constitutional rights of people that started their life in America by breaking our laws.

Snip...People cross illegally because they are incentivized by businesses/corps that'll give them jobs.

People cross illegally because America is the single greatest, most free, most tolerant, most benevolent force in the history of the universe. And then they dare to murder our women and children and fly their flag while they burn our cities and condescend about how we "should morally act" when we respond with like force and fervor.

I am over it.

 

[Muppet]

Fucking Bravo, all of you guys, having a proper adult conversation regarding issues that we cannot fix.

Only if Americans stopped being partisan cunts, defending their favorite politicians instead of speaking on matters like proper adults.

It is refreshing to read this, I've learned alot and agree/disagree with all points.

 

[ThunderHorse]

And @amlove21 the Marines be a coming.

Trump to deploy approximately 700 Marines to LA amid protests against immigration raids

 

[Muppet]

And @amlove21 the Marines be a coming.

Trump to deploy approximately 700 Marines to LA amid protests against immigration raids

Taco flavored crayons all around!!!