Immigration

[O Really]

Supes and company seems to like immigration enforcement akin to treating a stolen candy bar like crash and grab jewelry robbery with fatalities.

[GoCubsGo]

I'm only seeing half the conversation....

I'm envious.

[Supsalemgr]

Being stopped for a traffic violation is hardly kidnapping.

Okay, dementia it is.

When you quote me it's a given you're responding to my post, not Vrede's.

You and Vrede are interchangeable.

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Supes and company seems to like immigration enforcement akin to treating a stolen candy bar like crash and grab jewelry robbery with fatalities.

Exalting yourself living in a gated company?

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Being stopped for a traffic violation is hardly kidnapping.

Okay, dementia it is.

When you quote me it's a given you're responding to my post, not Vrede's.

You and Vrede are interchangeable.

They have the same thought process as dementia Joe.

[GoCubsGo]

Being stopped for a traffic violation is hardly kidnapping.

Okay, dementia it is.

When you quote me it's a given you're responding to my post, not Vrede's.

You and Vrede are interchangeable.

Dementia confirmed.

[Vrede too]

Being stopped for a traffic violation is hardly kidnapping.

Okay, dementia it is.

When you quote me it's a given you're responding to my post, not Vrede's.

You and Vrede are interchangeable.

Dementia confirmed.

SoupySales or us?

[Supsalemgr]

Being stopped for a traffic violation is hardly kidnapping.

Okay, dementia it is.

When you quote me it's a given you're responding to my post, not Vrede's.

You and Vrede are interchangeable.

Dementia confirmed.

SoupySales or us?

I don't think Vrede or Cubby are demented. Misguided- another story.

[Vrede too]

More whiny White supremacy in action:

US to begin admitting white South African refugees

[Vrede too]

Episcopal Church says it won't help resettle white South Africans granted refugee status in US

The Episcopal Church's migration service is refusing a directive from the federal government to help resettle white South Africans granted refugee status, citing the church's longstanding “commitment to racial justice and reconciliation.”

Presiding Bishop Sean Rowe announced the step Monday, shortly before 59 South Africans arrived at Dulles International Airport outside Washington on a private charter plane and were greeted by a government delegation.

Episcopal Migration Ministries instead will halt its decades-long partnership with the government, Rowe said.

Wow!

President Donald Trump opened a fast-tracked refugee status to white South Africans, accusing their government of discrimination, even as his administration abruptly shut down the overall U.S. refugee program. The South Africans jumped ahead of thousands of would-be refugees overseas who had been undergoing years of vetting and processing.

White supremacy in action.

... “It has been painful to watch one group of refugees, selected in a highly unusual manner, receive preferential treatment over many others who have been waiting in refugee camps or dangerous conditions for years,” Rowe said. “I am saddened and ashamed that many of the refugees who are being denied entrance to the United States are brave people who worked alongside our military in Iraq and Afghanistan and now face danger at home because of their service to our country.”

He also said many refugees, including Christians, are victims of religious persecution and are now denied entry.

He said the church would find other ways to serve immigrants, such as those already in this country and those stranded overseas.

The move marks the end of a ministry-government partnership that, for nearly four decades, has served nearly 110,000 refugees from countries, including Ukraine, Myanmar and Congo, Rowe said.

It's not the first high-profile friction between the Episcopal Church and the Trump administration. Bishop Mariann Budde of Washington drew Trump's anger in January at an inaugural prayer service in which she urged “mercy” on those fearing his actions, including migrants and LGBTQ+ children....

EDIT: The Episcopal Church was not the first to ditch PINO's government:

The Catholic Church is breaking up with the U.S. government. Here’s why it matters
Mon, April 7, 2025

U.S. Catholic leaders are ending their church’s 50-year partnership with the federal government and seeking new ways to help refugees.

Archbishop Timothy P. Broglio, president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, announced the change in a press release and Washington Post column on Monday, arguing that the Trump administration forced his denomination’s hand.

“The bishops’ decision came after the federal government suspended our cooperative agreements to resettle refugees. The drastic reduction of these programs forced us to reconsider the best way to serve the needs of our brothers and sisters seeking safe harbor from violence and persecution,” he wrote for The Washington Post.

Wow

... U.S. Catholic leaders are ending their church’s 50-year partnership with the federal government and seeking new ways to help refugees.

Archbishop Timothy P. Broglio, president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, announced the change in a press release and Washington Post column on Monday, arguing that the Trump administration forced his denomination’s hand.

“The bishops’ decision came after the federal government suspended our cooperative agreements to resettle refugees. The drastic reduction of these programs forced us to reconsider the best way to serve the needs of our brothers and sisters seeking safe harbor from violence and persecution,” he wrote for The Washington Post.

... “This is a painful end to a life-sustaining partnership the Catholic Church in the U.S. has had with our government and that has spanned decades across administrations of both political parties. It offers every Catholic an opportunity to search our hearts for ways to help in the absence of government support,” he wrote for The Washington Post.

... In his new statement and column, Archbishop Broglio makes it clear that the Catholic Church will continue serving refugees moving forward. But the structure that service will take remains unclear.

The archbishop asked Catholics and others to pray for the church as it enters a new chapter.

“The Bible’s call to do what we can for the least among us remains the benchmark. Please join us in praying for God’s grace, that we might still find generous ways to respond to crises and bring hope where it is most needed,” he wrote for The Washington Post.

"Catholic" Just Deranged Vance and MAGA despise Christians. Shame on them.

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Jackboots stymied:

Wisconsin judge argues prosecutors can’t charge her with helping a man evade immigration agents

A Wisconsin judge charged with helping a man who is in the country illegally evade U.S. immigration agents who were trying to detain him at her courthouse filed a motion to dismiss the case Wednesday, arguing that there’s no legal basis for it.

Attorneys for Milwaukee County Circuit Judge Hannah Dugan argue in their motion that her conduct on the day in question amounted to directing people’s movement in and around her courtroom, and that she enjoys legal immunity for official acts she performs as a judge. They cite last year’s US Supreme Court ruling in President Donald Trump’s 2020 election interference case that found that former presidents have absolute immunity from prosecution for official acts that fall within their “exclusive sphere of constitutional authority” and are presumptively entitled to immunity for all official acts.

“The problems with the prosecution are legion, but most immediately, the government cannot prosecute Judge Dugan because she is entitled to judicial immunity for her official acts,” the motion says. “Immunity is not a defense to the prosecution to be determined later by a jury or court; it is an absolute bar to the prosecution at the outset.”

"legion"

The judge overseeing her case is Lynn Adelman, a former Democratic state senator. Former President Bill Clinton appointed him to the bench in 1997.

Nice!

... Federal prosecutors charged Dugan in April with obstruction and concealing an individual to prevent arrest. A grand jury indicted her on the same charges on Tuesday. She faces up to six years in prison if convicted of both counts.

... “The government’s prosecution here reaches directly into a state courthouse, disrupting active proceedings, and interferes with the official duties of an elected judge,” Dugan’s motion states....

HERO!

EDIT:

Supreme Court deals blow to Trump, says in emergency order he can't deport Venezuelan migrants

The Supreme Court on May 16 continued to block the Trump administration from using a 1798 wartime law to deport a group of Venezuelan migrants who said they had not been given a real chance to contest their removal.

In an unsigned opinion with two noted dissents, the court said the migrants haven't had enough time or information to protect their rights. And that's particularly important, the court said, because the administration asserts in another case that it's not able to bring back a man who was mistakenly deported to El Salvador.

"The detainees’ interests at stake are accordingly particularly weighty," the majority wrote.

Justices Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito dissented, saying in part that the court didn't have the authority to weigh in at this stage.

, of course.

President Donald Trump complained on Truth Social that the Supreme Court "is not allowing me to do what I was elected to do." ...

Crybaby, as always What part of "illegal" does MAGA not understand?

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Heroes vs Jackboots:

‘Fed up’ crowd in Massachusetts swarms ICE agents attempting to arrest mother

Others got arrested, but the mother was un-arrested.

Woman caught in viral video trying to stop ICE officers launches fundraiser: ‘I am living in fear’

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Heroes vs Jackboots:

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https://bsky.app/profile/scottjshapiro. ... jhjbuxkk2w

War on Brown People:

U.S. citizen with REAL ID handcuffed and held in immigration raid before being released




Orange King, Combat Barbie and InHoman break the law, again:

Trump administration must seek return of third man who was improperly deported, judge rules

ICE lies, as usual.

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Stephen Miller Totally Lost it and Yelled at Immigration Officials for Not Making Enough Arrests

The second DonOLD term is marked by the incessant din of crybaby MAGAts.

In reality, undocumented immigrants contribute more to our economy and standard of living than they cost. They're attacked because cons, especially MAGA, always need some relatively powerless group to attack.

[GoCubsGo]

Stephen Miller Totally Lost it and Yelled at Immigration Officials for Not Making Enough Arrests

The second DonOLD term is marked by the incessant din of crybaby MAGAts.

In reality, undocumented immigrants contribute more to our economy and standard of living than they cost. They're attacked because cons, especially MAGA, always need some relatively powerless group to attack.

That's not even the saddest part.

Deporting unauthorized immigrants was a key campaign promise of Donald Trump. However, Trump’s average daily rate of removals is around one percent below what his predecessor Joe Biden’s average daily rate of removals was, according to TRAC Immigration. Axios reports that the current administration’s deportation rate is “roughly the same” as it was in Biden’s last year in office.

These people are so incompetent that they have to make illegal "arrests" of people with jackboot tactics because they can't find as many actual violators as Biden?

OMFG.

[O Really]

A rational person might conclude that ICE under Biden did a decent job, and maybe there aren't really "millions" of violent "illegals" running around in the open. They might realize that it's not that easy to find and "round up" immigration violators - and certainly not if you follow the laws on the books. They might further conclude that Trump's cruel, inhumane, and illegal tactics may scare some into "self deporting" and might also scare some off from attempting to sneak in, but that the improvement, if any, has been negligible yet has caused unnecessary distress and turmoil among many groups of legal immigrants.

Of course, we'd need a modern Diogenes to try to find a rational person amongst the current Republicans

[Vrede too]

A rational person might conclude that ICE under Biden did a decent job, and maybe there aren't really "millions" of violent "illegals" running around in the open. They might realize that it's not that easy to find and "round up" immigration violators - and certainly not if you follow the laws on the books. They might further conclude that Trump's cruel, inhumane, and illegal tactics may scare some into "self deporting" and might also scare some off from attempting to sneak in, but that the improvement, if any, has been negligible yet has caused unnecessary distress and turmoil among many groups of legal immigrants.

Of course, we'd need a modern Diogenes to try to find a rational person amongst the current Republicans

Could it be that "deep state" elements of ICE/DHS are as appalled by the Orange King as we are and are thus slow-walking and sabotaging enforcement efforts? Have we found traces of humanity among the jackboots?

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A rational person might conclude that ICE under Biden did a decent job, and maybe there aren't really "millions" of violent "illegals" running around in the open. They might realize that it's not that easy to find and "round up" immigration violators - and certainly not if you follow the laws on the books. They might further conclude that Trump's cruel, inhumane, and illegal tactics may scare some into "self deporting" and might also scare some off from attempting to sneak in, but that the improvement, if any, has been negligible yet has caused unnecessary distress and turmoil among many groups of legal immigrants.

Of course, we'd need a modern Diogenes to try to find a rational person amongst the current Republicans

How's life been in your gated community?

[Supsalemgr]

A rational person might conclude that ICE under Biden did a decent job, and maybe there aren't really "millions" of violent "illegals" running around in the open. They might realize that it's not that easy to find and "round up" immigration violators - and certainly not if you follow the laws on the books. They might further conclude that Trump's cruel, inhumane, and illegal tactics may scare some into "self deporting" and might also scare some off from attempting to sneak in, but that the improvement, if any, has been negligible yet has caused unnecessary distress and turmoil among many groups of legal immigrants.

Of course, we'd need a modern Diogenes to try to find a rational person amongst the current Republicans

I will walk by the fact they are here illegally.

One could make the argument that Biden's open border policy actually imperiled those who have been here, illegally, but allowed to do so. If we had not had such an invasion their presence probably would not be impacted.