It’s impossible to know exactly how many, since Immigration and Customs Enforcement, or ICE, only releases names in select cases. But the number of detentions of people with clean or old criminal records includes two Mauritanians seeking asylum after claiming to have been enslaved or beaten by police in their home country and a Mexican man who has worked for the same market off of Tower Road since 2016 with not so much as a traffic ticket. Supporters say it also includes an outspoken activist from Mexico with an old and minor criminal history. She was later named as one of the most influential people in the United States but remains a thorn in the side for immigration authorities.
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The immigrants interviewed by CPR News all have fates awaiting decisions by immigration judges, who are employees of the U.S. Department of Justice. Many of the new arrivals are in various stages of appeals and quests for asylum.
I’m going to be unsurprised when they raid some commune and the commune residents decide “fuck you” and start shooting. Also, I think that’s the point. I think they’re doing this so they can provoke a violent reaction and then say “omg it’s a war!” on OANN et al, and then invoke the insurrection act.
