Thousands of people have put their pants on, had breakfast, gone to work, and then been intercepted by militarized federal agents, thrown to the ground, locked up in prison camps, then deported overseas.

Glad things are comfy for you though.

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JuniperMesos 4 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Those people were people who previously made the decision to illegally immigrate to the US. Lots of people start their day normally and then get arrested by militarized cops because they are wanted for murder or assault or burglary or cryptocurrency fraud. The fact that the US has a criminal justice system including police that arrest people suspected of crimes, isn't new, isn't obviously worse than competing systems (e.g justice via informal militia/lynch mob), and doesn't have any implications for the use of Discord today that it didn't have a decade ago.

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deaux 2 hours ago | parent | next [-]

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/feb/09/irish-man-se...

No they weren't.

	▲	pb7 2 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		Did you even read the article? He entered the country on a tourist visa and never left. That is entering the country illegally. Getting married and applying for adjustment of status does not give him legal status. He should rightfully be deported. Every story is like this without fail.

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viraptor 3 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

> Those people were people who previously made the decision to illegally immigrate to the US.

There are no limits here and there many publicly available proofs of people getting harassed and detained regardless of legal status and deported contrary to court rulings that apply to their situation. You don't need to repeat the current ICE/DOJ lies - they can speak for themselves.

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pb7 3 hours ago | parent [-]

You should consider how allowing millions of illegal immigrants impacts legal residents next time you vote then.

	▲	viraptor 20 minutes ago \| parent \| next [-]
		This has nothing to do with the treatment of the current people residing in the US by ICE, regardless of status.
	▲	userbinator 2 hours ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		The legal immigrants have it the worst --- they're the ones who got in legitimately, that already being a struggle as it is, only to be cheated by all the ones who didn't.

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estearum 4 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Or just beaten, locked up, abused, then released, because after all they had never done anything wrong to begin with!

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wyclif 2 hours ago | parent [-]

never done anything wrong to begin with

Except illegally migrate to the US without applying or engaging in human traffic and smuggling.

You may not like it, but the USA is still a nation of laws. It's also a modern nation. Third world shitholes have lots of problems caused by illegal immigration because they don't do enough to enforce the law and restore order for their citizens.

I'm rather glad that US culture hasn't yet turned into another Afghanistan or Pakistan.

	▲	malnourish 2 hours ago \| parent \| next [-]
		It's not a crime to be an unauthorized resident of the United States; it's a civil offense. Knowingly hiring an ineligible worker is a crime, however. I'm curious why we aren't going after the employers attracting and hiring undocumented residents. Besides, people were being deported in significant numbers across multiple presidents in both parties without resorting to the strategy and tactics of the current administration.
	▲	estearum an hour ago \| parent \| prev \| next [-]
		No, including illegal immigration. There are people who have immigrated fully legally within the boundaries of the laws of our nation and still gotten targeted, detained, arrested, and even deported. There are American citizens getting stopped and harassed for their papers. It's always hilarious hearing the "America can't become one of those shithole countries!" while advocating for policies and attitudes that are pervasive in said shithole countries. Here are a few examples of said violations by our government: https://www.congress.gov/119/meeting/house/118180/documents/...
	▲	wat10000 2 hours ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		Do you actually believe every person getting abused is an illegal immigrant, or are you just pretending because it's the only way to make your point?

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pb7 3 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

They should have thought of that before entering this country illegally. Millions more have an opportunity to avoid this risk right now by leaving voluntarily but they choose not to.

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moogly an hour ago | parent | next [-]

Newsflash: citizens have also been deported. Maybe you're next, who knows.

	▲	pb7 20 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		Want to bet?

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nextaccountic an hour ago | parent | prev [-]

Citizens are abducted by ICE too. Even native Americans

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assimpleaspossi 4 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Were these thousands of people all legal US citizens?

>Glad things are comfy for you though.

Things for my family, my relatives and me are great! When I was in my early 20s I often went hungry. Now I'm worth a lot of money. Couldn't be happier as a normal, decent, everyday US citizen.

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Melonai 3 hours ago | parent | next [-]

As someone completely unaffected by both the protests and deportations, I still feel quite sad about the current situation.

I feel like we should still have empathy, not only for the people who are completely clean legally, but also for the illegal immigrants. Sure, they made a choice which put them at odds with the legal system, and yet I still don't want them beaten up, stripped of any of their rights (as non-citizens), with their families destroyed. I keep thinking, if I was in their situation, I could've made that same choice, it's certainly possible, if I was just born somewhere else.

Now I don't think illegal immigrants are guilt-free I suppose, some of them are horrible people I'm sure, and they still deserve humane treatment, I have a lot of faith that that's still one of the most important pillars of a good society.

Obviously we can argue about numbers, maybe abuse doesn't even happen often at all, maybe every single person abused has committed a crime. It could be, and even then we should try to be humane, if we can...

I am always happy to hear when people are doing well though! Most of us won't be directly affected, luckily, and I really hope it will stay that way as well. The less people in duress, the better.

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userbinator 3 hours ago | parent [-]

Continually pandering to "humane" bullshit is why the country has become the way it is.

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wredcoll 2 hours ago | parent [-]

And what exactly is that way? Semi-official paramilitary groups harassing americans? Desperate attempts to demonize minorities? Threats to prevent future elections? Trade wars that fuck over the american economy and moronic foreign policy that pisses away decades of power accumulation? That's all the fault of asking people to be humane?

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userbinator 2 hours ago | parent [-]

The erosion of accountability and personal responsibility. If there weren't any illegal immigrants there wouldn't be any need to go looking so invasively for them. This is a very strong course correction after many years of neglecting things.

	▲	jocular an hour ago \| parent [-]
		That's some serious right wing programming.

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wat10000 an hour ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Wrong question. The right question is, "were any of them US citizens or legal residents?" And the answer is yes, some of them were. For some of them the use of past tense is particularly appropriate because they are no more.

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ciwolsey 4 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

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