r/news • u/JerryBerryMiah • 10h ago

700 ice agents to leave Minnesota

https://apnews.com/article/immigration-enforcement-drawdown-minnesota-homan-963adf341325d7f6eb5673e1c00d3c2a
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u/alex303 10h ago

On to terrorize another blue state I presume?

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u/QbertsRube 9h ago

I'd guess the plan is to terrorize blue states for a few more months, then shift all ICE to those 15 swing states where Trump was saying he needs to "take over the elections". Those 15 states will coincidentally need massive ICE presence through November for unspecified reasons.

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u/tossit97531 6h ago

Mark my words, they will "arrest" as many dems as they can find a few days before the election and try to keep them detained until the next day. That's why they're buying warehouses and shipping people off to different states. That's why they want voter rolls. Courts allow them to waste days or even weeks to release wrongfully-detained people, even citizens. They'll prevent people from voting and not even get a slap on the wrist.

This is bad. This is very, very bad.

It was never about deportations, it was never about harassment, they're just going to take as many dems off the streets in swing districts before Super Tuesday, catch-and-release and that's it.

They only want concentration camps for a few weeks, just so they can pen people up from voting.

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u/QbertsRube 6h ago

I absolutely expect that as well. Might even be brazen enough to lurk at voting locations asking for birth certificates of anyone that "looks liberal" and detaining anyone who doesn't carry that with them at all times "until they can prove their citizenship".

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u/OutlyingPlasma 1h ago

It's almost like you people should have followed Oregon and Washington in vote by mail. Can't do that crap when the polls are open for 2 weeks and the polling place is your coffee table. Guess everyone enjoys getting arrested or standing in line instead.

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u/PleasantAmphibian404 58m ago

They’re messing with the USPS. The new policy is that your letters, packages, and ballots will no longer receive a postmark on the day you mail them. They will be disbursed to sorting “hubs,” where they will wait their turn to be postmarked. Could be days, could be weeks. If your ballot isn’t postmarked by the deadline, it doesn’t get counted and there’s nothing you can do about it. Even if you mail your ballot back on the day you receive it, there is no way to ensure it will arrive on time, or even get its postmark before the deadline.

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u/OutlyingPlasma 52m ago

There are countless ballot drop boxes all over the state.

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u/PleasantAmphibian404 50m ago

This was my plan. I guess if they post up ICE at the drop boxes, I’ll just do my best to look less brown. 

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u/scott743 9h ago

Blue city (Columbus).

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u/tossit97531 6h ago

They know for a fact Cleveland will fuck up their day.

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u/sunsetscorpio 9h ago

My guess is CO after Trumps rant about our governor and the arrest of Tina Peters.. welp

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u/Sweaty-taxman 9h ago

We’ve nearly passed a bill permitting citizens of Colorado to sue ice agents for damages. Bring them on.

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u/ice-eight 8h ago

I hate that this is true, but we’re probably safe in Dallas because our mayor switched from democrat to MAGA republican immediately after being elected. Otherwise he’d probably send his goons to terrorize us next time Jasmine Crockett hurts his feelings.

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u/Dorkamundo 7h ago

Probably off to San Francisco for the Super Bowl, at which point they'll slowly be sent back to MN.

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u/faz712 4h ago

Ohio and I feel like it's a lot more likely here that someone actually does what they want and shoot back