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MineralMan

(150,344 posts)
Fri Nov 14, 2025, 03:02 PM Friday

Why Are We Seeing So Many Misdirected Arrests by ICE? [View all]

It's simple. ICE want's nothing to do with the "worst of the worst." It has no interest in arresting, say, organized drug traffickers or gang members. That's dangerous AF. A guy could get hurt, you know, or even worse. Here's how that works and keeps the ICE agents safe.

They go out and find miscellaneous brown people and take them down in public places. Take them down hard. Make it look like they might have been dangerous. Women with children. Old men. Guys at Home Depot standing around waiting for someone to hire them for a few hours. People shopping at Walmart or working in ethnic restaurants. They're everywhere. Schools, daycares, churches. There are people who speak foreign languages or have strong accents.

Best of all, they don't have any papers with them. Either that or they're born in the USA and have always been citizens. But they can't prove it on demand, so sweep 'em up, count them, and send them off to some distant detention center for a while. Maybe even ship them out of the country. If they do have papers, take them from them. You can dump those off later.

The point is the numbers. How many can they arrest and detain? Who knows?...they could be, you know, "criminal aliens." Better detain them, just in case.

Oh, yeah, the brave ICE agents worry about being doxxed, so everyone masks up and makes sure there are no name tags or anything like that. Nobody knows you you are, so you never have to show up in court or anything. After all, they might discover your warrants. Can't have that. You're a secret agent, dude. Exciting, isn't it?

Hunt them down. Take them down. Detain them. Ship them out. That's the job of the ICE agent. They let you do it!

It's all a secret. There are no lists of names. There are no badges. There are no IDs. Just get out there and detain someone!

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K&R tblue37 Friday #1
Terror. That's the job of secret police, usonian Friday #2
+1 leftstreet Friday #6
They are the cowards of Meal Team Six NotHardly Friday #15
Racism and cruelty malaise Friday #3
Yes. They leave the white people alone. MineralMan Friday #5
Indeed malaise Friday #8
Yes. More need to show up and speak up! MineralMan Friday #11
K&R MustLoveBeagles Friday #4
All Of The Previous Posts And............................... BBbats Friday #7
Cosplay Cowboys Seinan Sensei Friday #17
Just remember the quota: 3,000 a day. Buns_of_Fire Friday #9
Yes. They're paid by volume. n/t forgotmylogin Friday #16
You are so right, and it must end! Sogo Friday #10
Well, like your past threads, you really have a goood discusion thread started here. bluestarone Friday #12
The assault on the 4th and 5th amendments MineralMan Friday #13
YES, i've said this from the very beginning. bluestarone Friday #14
You can't confront an accuser if you don't know who the accuser is. However: DFW Friday #20
Great, but the people being targeted MineralMan Friday #22
At age 73, I am in situations where bad guys still try nasty stuff DFW Friday #29
TedB Talks Politic TedB Talks Politics Friday #40
Trump popsdenver Friday #19
I don't think there's a dichotomy between putin and miller. erronis Friday #26
If you recieved an equal bounty for picking up innocents vs. Buddyzbuddy Friday #18
Like the local LEO's, individually they are afraid of getting hurt. If one has a chance of breaking a fingernail, LiberalArkie Friday #21
Unfortunately, recent new stories MineralMan Friday #23
But the LEO's were in no danger from the people. LiberalArkie Friday #24
Yes. EXACTLY! MineralMan Friday #25
What happens when you hire Jan 6ers. marble falls Friday #27
I'm willing to bet there are a few imposters at work as well pnwest Friday #28
Criteria for who they detain is simple: WestMichRad Friday #30
They AREN'T "misdirected"... B.See Friday #31
Good point. Probably why none of them have been popped yet. paleotn Friday #32
when you assume all POC are criminals Skittles Friday #33
It's the quotas CanonRay Friday #34
ummmm... the per-arrest bonuses? Just guessing here... n/t TygrBright Friday #35
Re ICE demanding 'papers': US citizens do not generally carry their birth certificates of naturalzation papers Attilatheblond Friday #36
Stephen Mueller is ... BurnDoubt Friday #37
Short answer? 2032 Warpy Friday #38
Trump Declared White House "ICE Free Zone" TedB Talks Politics Friday #39
Trump just pulled numbers from his imagination like he did with his trade imbalance tariff nonsense ChicagoTeamster Saturday #41
You are seeing republican Gestapo instilling fear republianmushroom Saturday #42
Great plot for a dystopian crime novel. mjvpi Saturday #43
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