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[–] 129 points 2 months ago (10 children)

If this shit happens then none of us (citizens included) have due process. ICE can just say they suspect you're an illegal immigrant and lock you up forever. A lot of people seem to think that if you just show them the documents or prove that you're a citizen this won't happen. All they have to do is snatch you up. You typically see this line of thought from folks defending the current administration, like they believe if you rationally present your argument to authority they'll always agree.

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  • [–] [S] 57 points 2 months ago

    There are already enough cases of people showing their papers to ICE and discovering that ICE don't care and aren't held to account. But the people supporting it tend to be the "pay no attention until it happens to me" type.

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  • [–] 30 points 2 months ago (2 children)

    Mate, with respect, they don't give a fuck about the constitution nor civilians nor citizenship and have proven so multiple times.

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  • [–] 19 points 2 months ago (3 children)

    Mom kinda thinks like this. I told her that no one should even be asked to prove their identity like that in public. She'd be more firmly on the right if my father isn't tempering her.

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  • [–] 29 points 2 months ago

    My parents are reversed, with my mom tempering my dad’s conservatism. But it’s the same basic idea. My mom and I will be discussing whatever Government Atrocity of the Week^TM^ is making the news cycle, and my dad will basically go “good, I hope it sucks for {victim}. If they don’t like it, they can leave.”

    Gee, and you wonder why I don’t ever want to hang out…

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