[AndyKelley]

The Department of Homeland Security was created in 2003. We didn't need it then and we don't need it now.

Why waste tax dollars on ineffective, privacy-violating security theater when we could spend it on education and health?

[throwawaypath]

CoCs, DEI, etc. likewise didn't exist prior to 2003... Maybe you're on to something...

You failed to address any of my questions, but I get it, you're here to virtue signal, not elucidate your vapid views. At least you admit you're a coward.

[jcranmer]

ICE's current mission isn't to deport illegal immigrants. Its current mission is to antagonize anyone who is not a WASP, and seemingly these days, anybody who stands up for non-WASP citizens in the US. As can be easily ascertained by the sheer number of encounters where the officers insist that they don't actually care to see any papers proving the people they're arresting are legal US citizens (let alone legal US residents).

So your questions don't matter because you're arguing about a reality that doesn't exist.

[hypeatei]

You'd have a lot stronger argument if ICE wasn't being used as a secret police force. They're Immigration Enforcement in name only. Your average citizen would say it's okay to enforce immigration laws, there is no doubt about that; doing middle-of-the-night raids with a blackhawk helicopter in cities of your political opponents is not reasonable[0]. There are plenty more examples of their abhorrent behavior (like killing two American citizens in the midwest and brutalizing protestors) if you cared to search for it.

I've noticed that the MAGAs have been adamant about trying to shift the window back to: "but you agree that immigrants should be deported right?" as some sort of attempt to justify what's happening, I guess. Is that talking point coming from some popular right wing show or something as a last ditch effort before midterms?

0: https://www.propublica.org/article/chicago-venezuela-immigra...

[actionfromafar]

Something smells fishy here... is that a Sea Lion?