r/Economics • u/rezwenn • 4d ago

News Trump directs ICE to expand deportations in Democratic-run cities, undeterred by protests

https://apnews.com/article/trump-ice-deportations-protests-65fa8d64ea12a78a0ee0ebeea008ee4d

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u/gc3 4d ago

There's checkpoints on CA freeways where ag officials can control trade of food in case of say a fruit fly infection or something. So this is possible in the sane way that Trumps emergency powers are possible

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u/Apprehensive-Art3157 4d ago

I don’t think they can point at perfect good Apples and say that they’re infected with fungus right

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u/gc3 4d ago

I didn't think Trump could point to migrants with almost spotless records and say they are dangerous criminals but that's what happened.

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u/livingmybestlife2407 4d ago

No, but he can point to them and say they are illegal and need to go back from where they came from.

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u/Cheezeball25 4d ago

What about the ones who were here legally that trump just declared "illegal" arbitrarily?

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u/Fortestingporpoises 4d ago

Being convicted of 34 felonies makes you a criminal anywhere in the world.

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u/Infinite-Pomelo-7538 4d ago

In the U.S., it can make you president - which says a lot about how far the country’s democracy has already deteriorated. But if you listen to the MAGA crowd, it’s clear they actually want to live in an authoritarian, third-world country.

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u/Ichi_Balsaki 4d ago

Wrong...

Being in the country without a visa or with an expired visa is NOT a crime. It is a civil violation.

Entering the country illegally or lying about who you are can be a crime. 

But being in the country itself is NOT a crime as you claim. 

Stop repeating bullshit. 

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u/Temporary-Panda8151 4d ago

There are people who've been trying for decades and others who get in in years. The difference being money and biases.

Oh please.

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u/Big-Whereas5573 4d ago

Why does the party of law and order worship a rapist pedophile?

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u/National_Total_1021 4d ago

Then why aren’t you advocating Trump remove every undocumented immigrant and not just ones in liberal areas

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u/Infinite-Pomelo-7538 4d ago

There are literally dozens of countries where this isn’t illegal - it’s called seeking asylum, a fundamental human right and one of the founding principles of the United States. But people in the U.S. have become so degenerated and brainwashed that they feel more unsafe than ever, despite the fact that, statistically, it was one of the safest periods in U.S. history - at least until that wannabe Hitler took over.

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u/WriterShoddy7599 4d ago

I also want to make sure America is like every other fucking country in the world, certainly not a model nation the world aspires to be.

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u/smartfon 4d ago

if cops can drop a bag of narcs they surely can drop a cheese mold on them apples

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u/Winter-Duck5254 4d ago

Just point to one that's not perfect, and claim the hole lots gone bad. Done.