Originally published at: How a ‘Habeas Machine’ Reunited One Family That Was Pulled Apart by ICE - TPM – Talking Points Memo
The agents were on the hunt, but as they staked out the hallway in 26 Federal Plaza looking for immigrants to detain, they had other prey in mind. “I’ve never had kangaroo. I want to try,” said Samantha Camlica, an agent with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) who has developed a reputation for aggression among…
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Meat shaming? Seriously? Has the reality-based community fallen so far? I’ll probably come back and finish the article later. Probably. Although I fail to understand why the dietary discussions of the ICE goons were so terribly important.
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We’re well on the way to becoming a third world country. Where laws, procedures, and those entrusted to carry out the legal procedures have all been scrubbed.
This family isn’t the dangerous criminals Trump claimed he was deporting. It really concerns me that regular immigration judges are being replaced with those who don’t care about legalities and procedure.
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When they are not grabbing migrants in the hallways, they stand in the hallways to strike fear into anyone who dares walk past them.
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“the inherent tension between enjoying the fruits of diversity while removing immigrants from the country”
You say “inherent tension”, I say pathological hypocrisy.
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I am also grateful for these activists and in awe of their courage and commitment. And enraged and sad for those who don’t get this kind of assistance. But each successful case has to mean we’re blocking this terrible administration
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Or pity. Poor guys can’t afford decent clothes. And to have to wear a mask all day???
Hell, I didn’t do that even during COVID ; - )
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In honor of the holiday season with Trump there’s always the ghost of Epstein past.
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Exactly. And tomorrow is supposedly Release Day. Wait for another “stay”, or serious redactions, or “need more time!” or something. Maybe the (nonexistent) dog ate the files!
Let’s just hope the infotainment media doesn’t get distracted by yet another Shiny Thing. I hear that speech last night was … mercifully short. But I was watching PBS.
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Not so much meat shaming as showing the banality of evil.
A reference to this book Eichmann in Jerusalem: A Report on the Banality of Evil
It is apropos. For most of these people, they are just doing a job. If you’ve ever worked on the clock and had significant slack time as a group, you have these sort of conversations.
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“I do not approve Webex, so I do not understand why you’re on Webex,” the judge said.
I was born yesterday. I just fell off the turnip truck. When I go outside, the bright thing in the sky terrifies me. What day is it? Who am I? I don’t understand why you’re on Webex.
Try that Sgt. Schultz routine with Saint Peter. See where it gets you (hint: not into heaven).
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Why are masked thugs even allowed into a federal building?
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To me masked ICE are thugs. criminal thugs who ignore the law. They very much intend to spread fear wherever they go. My Congress Rep and her security detail got pepper sprayed. Her crime? Trying to buy lunch at a local mom & pop taco shop. Folk gathered and ICE responded. They are thugs in my estimation. Not customs agents or cops. Trump talks of “worst of the worst”. Yup it’s ICE.
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Putin’s press conferences have spawned a new game. Maybe Trump Bingo needs an upgrade.
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This is the whitening of America under the guise of “criminality,” and, as all tyrants and their minions do, wrapped in the flag.
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And this whitening of America confuses the shit out of me. There were non-white people here first. Then there’s the European explorers that “discovered” the Americas. But those long ago Europeans would now not be considered “White”.
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