Y'know, makes me wonder why Democrates didn't disband ICE and CBP when they had control over the Congress and the government. I mean, they knew those agencies would be used in precisely this way, yet did nothing anyhow.

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0xy 43 minutes ago | parent | next [-]

Democrats built the blueprint for ICE's deportation program and architected the law that enabled it.

Clinton's IIRAIRA bill literally introduced expedited removal procedures and created the concept of 'administrative warrants', routinely used by CBP/ICE today.

Without the IIRAIRA, removal would be substantially harder.

	▲	anigbrowl 19 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		IIRIRA was not a 'Clinton' bill. It was initially drafted by Lamar Smith (r) of Texas (HR 2202) and subsequently attached to an appropriations bill (HR 2610), and passed with a bipartisan veto-proof majority. https://www.congress.gov/bill/104th-congress/house-bill/2202 https://www.congress.gov/bill/104th-congress/house-bill/3610 It's easier than ever to check legal assertions before you post instead of posting incorrect information.

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wnmurphy an hour ago | parent | prev [-]

You're blaming the Democrats for the actions of the Trump Administration?

Not sure whether you recall but that was well before ICE was co-opted, turned into a fascist paramilitary group, given functionally unlimited funding by Republicans, lowered the bar for hiring, started murdering American citizens, and routinely violated the Constitutional rights of immigrants and citizens alike as a matter of internal policy.

Not a "both sides" thing, sorry.

	▲	anigbrowl 25 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		Look, when the Patriot Act was passed, DHS and ICE created etc., lots of people warned that concentrating so much executive power would end up leading to abuse. And there were abundant evidence of Trump's eagerness to ignore Constitutional norms during his first term. Anyone expressing surprise about ICE being co-opted is bullshitting you. ICE and border patrol unions have been vocally opposed to any sort of immigration reform for well over a decade, and ultraconservative right in the US has been calling for mass deportations and making ever wilder claims about the US being 'invaded' since forever. The truth is that the Democrats have no appetite for dismantling the security state because Republicans would screech that they were making Americans less safe and Democrats would rather not have that fight than make a counterargument for civil liberties and Constitutional values.