If you know anyone ICE might take an interest in, please let them know this:

As the day wore on, agents on the ground faced familiar challenges. Many immigrants are aware that ICE agents typically don’t have criminal warrants and can’t enter a home without permission. Social media alerts and word-of-mouth warnings are also urging migrants to stay out of sight.
“Usually, it just takes the first arrest and the phone calls start,” said Matthew Putra, acting field director for ICE in St. Paul, Minnesota, describing how Facebook posts and tweets often tip off communities. “Nobody would move, nobody would open a door, lights would be turned off.”

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  • @ExtremeDullard
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    824 days ago

    If this sounds eerily familiar, it’s those history lessons at school you vaguely remember that told you the jews tried to hide in a similar fashion under the Third Reich.

    Disgusting and depressing…

      • @thesohoriots@lemmy.world
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        43 days ago

        Claude Lanzmann’s Shoah has a particular moment where a local guy recalls watching the trains go by, saying that he saw chandeliers inside the cars and champagne being passed around. “Did you know those illegals got business class to Mexico? On OUR tax dollars! Then they were dropped off in Cancún!”