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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]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.

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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.[/quote]

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. [/quote]

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.[/quote]

You are wrong. Not all of them are paid, but organizers are on payroll. Participants are just useful idiots. [/quote]

No, YOU are wrong.  There is no credible, substantiated evidence to support you.  Just a handful of sketchy claims and even sketchier so-called "evidence."

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This thread is flooded with anti-immigrants bot, shills and creeps.

It’s really shameful. [/quote]

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