As an Immigrant I support ICE (in concept)

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Did it ever occur to you that as a European immigrant, there are easier ways for you to legally immigrate here?

It is much harder for people from poor, brown countries to come here legally. You think that’s a coincidence? No, it’s been American policy for decades if not centuries to limit people who are not white from coming here legally.

Explain how it is harder for people from “brown countries” (your words) independent of economic means I’ll wait.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:As a legal immigrant I am totally supportive of the concept of ICE.

Too many folks have taken advantage of this country and come here illegally. I came here for a better life from Europe and have worked hard and benefited from the opportunities and legal protections of the US.

H don’t support illegal immigration and in general I think we need laws and penalties if you break those rules. We need to send all illegal immigrants home.

ICE has nothing to do with normal enforcement of immigration rules. ICE is about imposing a homicidal, fascist dictatorship on the United States.

Rounding up immigrants and putting them in death camps is just a way for ICE to develop the skills needed to put Democrats and people with liberal arts degrees in death camps.

If you like that, you’re foolish. Even if you actually posted you posted on behalf of ICE, because you work for ICE: Just the fact that you post on message boards means that, if this keeps up, you’ll go into the death camps pretty early.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Did it ever occur to you that as a European immigrant, there are easier ways for you to legally immigrate here?

It is much harder for people from poor, brown countries to come here legally. You think that’s a coincidence? No, it’s been American policy for decades if not centuries to limit people who are not white from coming here legally.

Explain how it is harder for people from “brown countries” (your words) independent of economic means I’ll wait.

You’re too ignorant to be posting about this topic.

If you’re a shill for ICE, you need to ask your boss for better background materials.

Immigrants from China, India, Mexico and the Philippines have a very hard time getting visas here because of immigration quotas: https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/legal/visa-law0/visa-bulletin/2026/visa-bulletin-for-february-2026.html

People from Western Europe have an easy time entering and staying because they qualify for 90-day visa waivers and, up until now, no one has harassed them when they’ve overstayed.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This is a tough issue. I think we should make it easier for people to come here who are contributing to the economy and are able to support themselves. It's not sustainable to allow whoever wants to come and have them immediately be dependent on welfare, housing subsidies, etc. when so many actual citizens are struggling. Not sure what the answer is.

Illegal immigrants can't get SNAP, though their children can. I'm ok with feeding children. They didn't ask to come.

I don’t think their children qualify for SNAP either, unless they are documented or were born here. They do qualify for free and reduced school meals.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Serious questions who is going to do
Farm work and Construction?
Legal immigrants from Europe?

I don’t know about the farm work, but there were plenty of both white and Black construction workers overlooked for hire due to wage compression.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I’m calling it. This is a troll post.

Already my area Silver Spring is becoming very Spanish and losing its American identity.

That’s just not a thing people say. That’s what a racist person pretending to be an immigrant would say. Except maybe Melanija Knavs[b] herself.

And she came to the auSA illegally, but now that she has become naturalized like OP, she’s dismissive of other immigrants.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Did it ever occur to you that as a European immigrant, there are easier ways for you to legally immigrate here?

It is much harder for people from poor, brown countries to come here legally. You think that’s a coincidence? No, it’s been American policy for decades if not centuries to limit people who are not white from coming here legally.

Explain how it is harder for people from “brown countries” (your words) independent of economic means I’ll wait.

NP. The USA sets a quota of 7% cap per country for green card entry. The larger the country’s demand, the long et the wait. For instance, if you’re from Denmark, your ability to get a green card will be easy peasy because there’s not of Danes trying to immigrate to the US. However, if you’re from China or Honduras, you’ll have a much longer wait, as in decades to get a legal entry for a green card.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Did it ever occur to you that as a European immigrant, there are easier ways for you to legally immigrate here?

It is much harder for people from poor, brown countries to come here legally. You think that’s a coincidence? No, it’s been American policy for decades if not centuries to limit people who are not white from coming here legally.

Explain how it is harder for people from “brown countries” (your words) independent of economic means I’ll wait.

NP. The USA sets a quota of 7% cap per country for green card entry. The larger the country’s demand, the long et the wait. For instance, if you’re from Denmark, your ability to get a green card will be easy peasy because there’s not of Danes trying to immigrate to the US. However, if you’re from China or Honduras, you’ll have a much longer wait, as in decades to get a legal entry for a green card.

Ok…? This seems like a fair system to keep immigration levels from the world from being dominated by a small handful of countries.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:As a legal immigrant I am totally supportive of the concept of ICE.

Too many folks have taken advantage of this country and come here illegally. I came here for a better life from Europe and have worked hard and benefited from the opportunities and legal protections of the US.

I don’t support illegal immigration and in general I think we need laws and penalties if you break those rules. We need to send all illegal immigrants home.

I can’t understand people who opposes the concept of ICE. Don’t you care about your country? Already my area Silver Spring is becoming very Spanish and losing its American identity.

I do however have a problem with things happening now. I fear if ICE is too aggressive then the next Democratic administration will open the borders and defund ICE. We will see big increases in immigration- and continue to see wages stagnate and public services to be over run. I know most immigrants are peaceful but we will also some small increases in crime.

Trump knows many people want an immigration crack down and I support the concept. But we need targeted raids on known individuals and not street sweeps. It’s tragic anyone has gotten hurt.

It’s all so sad and I hope Trump tones things down soon. But we need ICE and we need them to be professional and effective- not a bunch of cowboys.

Long term it’s the Republican business owners who benefit most from illegal immigration- gives them cheap labor. Democrats need to side with Americans and not undercut the interests of poorer folks who are here legally.

As the Dems became a party for the rich elites they lost touch with poorer people and look down their noses anyone whose thinking does not conform to acceptable standards. If you care about American culture- hmm maybe you are racist.

The problem isn’t the idea of enforcing immigration law: most people support targeted, humane, due‑process‑based enforcement. There weren't massive protests during prior deportation initiatives. The problem is pretending that what’s happening now resembles anything "orderly" or "professional." This administration has embraced indiscriminate raids, street sweeps, and tactics that routinely violate constitutional protections. Citizens and legal residents have been detained, court orders ignored, and entire neighborhoods treated as hostile territory. Supporting immigration law does not require endorsing state‑sanctioned chaos or cruelty.

The demographic anxiety about Silver Spring "becoming Spanish" is not a policy argument; it’s nostalgia dressed up as nationalism. Communities in America have always changed, Irish to Italian, Jewish to Greek, German to Polish and Spanish‑speaking Americans have been part of this country longer than most European immigrant groups. Calling a place "less American" because people speak Spanish is not a defense of law; it’s discomfort with cultural evolution, even though cultural evolution has been going on for as long as America has been a nation.

The claim that Democrats are the "party of rich elites" is completely upside-down and collapses under even minimal scrutiny. Republicans elected a billionaire real‑estate mogul whose campaign is being propped up by ultra‑wealthy donors, including tech oligarchs pouring hundreds of millions into the race. Republican leaders routinely dismiss the affordability crisis as a "hoax," while their policy agenda overwhelmingly benefits high‑income households and corporations. Meanwhile, Democrats consistently support policies aimed at working‑ and middle‑class families, such as wage increases, healthcare access, child‑tax credits, union protections, and affordable‑housing investments. You don’t have to agree with those policies (although most Americans do), but calling them "elite" while defending a billionaire‑centric movement is incoherent.

Finally, blaming immigrants for wage stagnation and strained public services ignores the real drivers: corporate consolidation, declining union power, outsourcing, and employer exploitation of undocumented labor. That's something you yourself acknowledge is driven largely by Republican‑aligned business interests. Immigrants, documented or undocumented, commit fewer crimes than native‑born citizens, and crime trends correlate with economic stress, not immigration levels. Wanting humane, lawful enforcement doesn’t make anyone anti‑American; demanding accountability from government agencies is part of caring about the country. The issue isn’t whether ICE should exist, it’s whether it should operate within the law, with professionalism, and without brutality. Frankly it's sad that we even have to face that as a question. It should be a no-brainer, but unfortunately we are dealing with horrifically bad leadership.

There were no massive protests during previous administration because no one paid for them and no one organized them during Obama deportations. I am an immigration lawyer and people were deported in most inhumane ways during that time.

[Anonymous]

OP, I was an illegal immigrant at some point, and I totally agree with you.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:As a legal immigrant I am totally supportive of the concept of ICE.

Too many folks have taken advantage of this country and come here illegally. I came here for a better life from Europe and have worked hard and benefited from the opportunities and legal protections of the US.

H don’t support illegal immigration and in general I think we need laws and penalties if you break those rules. We need to send all illegal immigrants home.

ICE has nothing to do with normal enforcement of immigration rules. ICE is about imposing a homicidal, fascist dictatorship on the United States.

Rounding up immigrants and putting them in death camps is just a way for ICE to develop the skills needed to put Democrats and people with liberal arts degrees in death camps.

If you like that, you’re foolish. Even if you actually posted you posted on behalf of ICE, because you work for ICE: Just the fact that you post on message boards means that, if this keeps up, you’ll go into the death camps pretty early.

Could you please outline the better way to deport these people? What should be the process? The easiest way is just to close the border and screen them at the entry - no legal permission to entry, no entry. This would help to avoid rounding them up and deporting, don't you agree? You cannot have it both ways - open the border, and then humanely deport them. There are simply no means for that (not enough ICE agents, not enough immigration judges, not enough facilities). Under the system that we currently have in place, how would you handle the deportation differently?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:As a legal immigrant I am totally supportive of the concept of ICE.

Too many folks have taken advantage of this country and come here illegally. I came here for a better life from Europe and have worked hard and benefited from the opportunities and legal protections of the US.

I don’t support illegal immigration and in general I think we need laws and penalties if you break those rules. We need to send all illegal immigrants home.

I can’t understand people who opposes the concept of ICE. Don’t you care about your country? Already my area Silver Spring is becoming very Spanish and losing its American identity.

I do however have a problem with things happening now. I fear if ICE is too aggressive then the next Democratic administration will open the borders and defund ICE. We will see big increases in immigration- and continue to see wages stagnate and public services to be over run. I know most immigrants are peaceful but we will also some small increases in crime.

Trump knows many people want an immigration crack down and I support the concept. But we need targeted raids on known individuals and not street sweeps. It’s tragic anyone has gotten hurt.

It’s all so sad and I hope Trump tones things down soon. But we need ICE and we need them to be professional and effective- not a bunch of cowboys.

Long term it’s the Republican business owners who benefit most from illegal immigration- gives them cheap labor. Democrats need to side with Americans and not undercut the interests of poorer folks who are here legally.

As the Dems became a party for the rich elites they lost touch with poorer people and look down their noses anyone whose thinking does not conform to acceptable standards. If you care about American culture- hmm maybe you are racist.

The problem isn’t the idea of enforcing immigration law: most people support targeted, humane, due‑process‑based enforcement. There weren't massive protests during prior deportation initiatives. The problem is pretending that what’s happening now resembles anything "orderly" or "professional." This administration has embraced indiscriminate raids, street sweeps, and tactics that routinely violate constitutional protections. Citizens and legal residents have been detained, court orders ignored, and entire neighborhoods treated as hostile territory. Supporting immigration law does not require endorsing state‑sanctioned chaos or cruelty.

The demographic anxiety about Silver Spring "becoming Spanish" is not a policy argument; it’s nostalgia dressed up as nationalism. Communities in America have always changed, Irish to Italian, Jewish to Greek, German to Polish and Spanish‑speaking Americans have been part of this country longer than most European immigrant groups. Calling a place "less American" because people speak Spanish is not a defense of law; it’s discomfort with cultural evolution, even though cultural evolution has been going on for as long as America has been a nation.

The claim that Democrats are the "party of rich elites" is completely upside-down and collapses under even minimal scrutiny. Republicans elected a billionaire real‑estate mogul whose campaign is being propped up by ultra‑wealthy donors, including tech oligarchs pouring hundreds of millions into the race. Republican leaders routinely dismiss the affordability crisis as a "hoax," while their policy agenda overwhelmingly benefits high‑income households and corporations. Meanwhile, Democrats consistently support policies aimed at working‑ and middle‑class families, such as wage increases, healthcare access, child‑tax credits, union protections, and affordable‑housing investments. You don’t have to agree with those policies (although most Americans do), but calling them "elite" while defending a billionaire‑centric movement is incoherent.

Finally, blaming immigrants for wage stagnation and strained public services ignores the real drivers: corporate consolidation, declining union power, outsourcing, and employer exploitation of undocumented labor. That's something you yourself acknowledge is driven largely by Republican‑aligned business interests. Immigrants, documented or undocumented, commit fewer crimes than native‑born citizens, and crime trends correlate with economic stress, not immigration levels. Wanting humane, lawful enforcement doesn’t make anyone anti‑American; demanding accountability from government agencies is part of caring about the country. The issue isn’t whether ICE should exist, it’s whether it should operate within the law, with professionalism, and without brutality. Frankly it's sad that we even have to face that as a question. It should be a no-brainer, but unfortunately we are dealing with horrifically bad leadership.

There were no massive protests during previous administration because no one paid for them and no one organized them during Obama deportations. I am an immigration lawyer and people were deported in most inhumane ways during that time.

FFS take a hike with this crap. There is ZERO credible evidence that the protests popping up all around the country are being "paid for" and the mere fact that you totally lack credibility there also casts doubt on the rest of anything you say.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:As a legal immigrant I am totally supportive of the concept of ICE.

Too many folks have taken advantage of this country and come here illegally. I came here for a better life from Europe and have worked hard and benefited from the opportunities and legal protections of the US.

H don’t support illegal immigration and in general I think we need laws and penalties if you break those rules. We need to send all illegal immigrants home.

ICE has nothing to do with normal enforcement of immigration rules. ICE is about imposing a homicidal, fascist dictatorship on the United States.

Rounding up immigrants and putting them in death camps is just a way for ICE to develop the skills needed to put Democrats and people with liberal arts degrees in death camps.

If you like that, you’re foolish. Even if you actually posted you posted on behalf of ICE, because you work for ICE: Just the fact that you post on message boards means that, if this keeps up, you’ll go into the death camps pretty early.

“People with liberal arts degrees?” FFS.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote: Already my area Silver Spring is becoming very Spanish and losing its American identity

I don't know why, but this comment really bothered me and others have made statements already about it. Similar things were said about the Wops, the Polacks, etc when they moved into neighborhoods. Why don't they speak English? Why do their kids go to different schools? My mom experienced this as a first generation born whose family was from Slovakia. Guess what, that changed in 2 generations. There are no exclusively Slovak neighborhoods, no Italian neighborhoods. Sure, you have families, like mine, that are proud of their heritage and try to keep it alive with our kids, but are truly American. You see the same thing with the immigrant families from Latin America. Their kids that are here integrate with their classmates and are part of the American experience. I'm not sure why so many are afraid of losing the "American Identity".

The United States has always been made of folks that came from somewhere else. And I hope that continues. Here's a School House Rock from the 70's - "The Great American Melting Pot" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ZQl6XBo64M

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Did it ever occur to you that as a European immigrant, there are easier ways for you to legally immigrate here?

It is much harder for people from poor, brown countries to come here legally. You think that’s a coincidence? No, it’s been American policy for decades if not centuries to limit people who are not white from coming here legally.

What are you talking about? The vast majority of immigrants in this country are not white. We are not obligated to take in every improvised person in the world who wants to live here.