Commemorating its 10th anniversary on its website in 2013, the Bureau of Immigration and Customs Enforcement noted that it comprises more than 20,000 peoplewith a presence in all 50 states and 48 foreign countries. <\/p>\n
Even for a federal agency, thats a lot of people to havesitting around forthe duration of the Obama administration doing nothing. Whats that? There were deportations under President Obama? Well confess, we had a totally different impression when reading up on the ACLUs People Power kickoff Saturday and the launch of its Freedom Cities campaign. <\/p>\n
Whatever hes doing, do the opposite that approach will certain speed things, up as it bypasses any need to discern between good and bad policies. <\/p>\n
Its a minor detail that doesnt get enough attention, but ICE agents shall now be known as henchmen; for example: <\/p>\n
[Trump]has outlined, through executive orders issued his first week in office, a blueprint for a mass deportation machine, which will pull families apart and uproot hard-working, law-abiding individuals who have lived here for decades. The impact of this agenda is plastered in our newspapers daily, whether through the detention of a father of five U.S. citizen children who has only worked hard and obeyed the law since his arrival 15 years ago, or a domestic violence victim in Texas, who sought protection through our judicial system, but fell prey to Trumps henchmen apparently based on a tip provided by her abuser. <\/p>\n
The Freedom Cities campaign will allow us to make American communities welcoming again. <\/p>\n
The ACLU isnt lying about one thing: suddenly, deportations are plastered in our newspapers daily. <\/p>\n
Poor Chelsea Clinton, for one, was sickened and horrified reading about theunconscionably terrible arrest of that hard working, law-abiding domestic violence victim, whom the feds said had been removed from the United States six times andhad previously been arrested for possession of stolen mail and illegal re-entry into the United States. But then TRUMPS HENCHMEN struck. <\/p>\n
Did Trump issue new TRUMPS HENCHMEN uniforms yet? It shouldnt be difficult, seeing as the administration already has everyones sizes; theyre just henchmen now. <\/p>\n
Heres some of what you missed if People Power Saturday passed you by: <\/p>\n
Nothing happened to the poem, which is, by the way, a poem, not a founding document. As far as the American dream, it really hasnt changed much, despite the attempt at a fundamental transformation of the country itself. <\/p>\n
Ever notice how an electoral map dominated by red is the only thing progressives seem to point to without saying, Thats what democracy looks like? <\/p>\n
Cant wait. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
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