'This Is the Scandal': DHS Data Shows ICE Mostly Targeting People With No Criminal Convictions | Common Dreams
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The libertarian Cato Institute further undermined the Trump administration's claims that it is targeting "the worst of the worst" with its violent immigration operations by publishing data about the criminal histories—or lack thereof—of immigrants who have been arrested and booked into detention.
  • Archangel1313@lemmy.ca
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    1 day ago

    Even just the idea that ICE would be able to magically “find” all these “criminals” that have so far been able to elude authorities, is laughable. Does ICE have a phonebook full of criminal addresses that local law enforcement doesn’t?

  • Sludgehammer@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    1 day ago

    Well. of course. Those criminals and drug dealers can be dangerous, so why go after them where there are so many grandmas and children they can bully?

  • TommySoda@lemmy.world
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    1 day ago

    With how incompetent and untrained ICE has proven to be in the majority of situations, they wouldn’t even stand a chance against the actual worst of the worst. It’s so easy to join ICE that I’m sure the only criminals they run into on a daily basis are the ones within their ranks. If you are some kind of criminal it’s probably easier to get a job with ICE than it is to get a job at Walmart.