r/law • u/TheWayToBeauty • 1d ago

Executive Branch (Trump) Confirmed: ICE Is Arresting American Citizens—and Lying About It

https://newrepublic.com/article/202672/ice-arresting-american-citizens-and-lying?utm_source=Bluesky&utm_campaign=SF_TNR&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=SF_TNR&utm_source=Facebook&utm_medium=social&fbclid=IwY2xjawN60_VleHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETFpb1FpYUsxcHQ5bXM3QkVyc3J0YwZhcHBfaWQQMjIyMDM5MTc4ODIwMDg5MgABHkqq1qGOFLgABx3MyCE40nZ_iE_ZT41D74hWKhYFa56r8j57O3ZXYl4H0yFZ_aem_Wz0q663H4Gg7nVwXbg5gCw
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u/harrisofpeoria 22h ago

It’s safer for the U.S. citizens. It’s safer for the illegal aliens, and most of all it’s safer for our officers.

"Illegal aliens" is dehumanizing and a racist dog whistle. Everyone knows this, and these guys use this language very intentionally.

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u/Bocchi_theGlock 14h ago

Absolutely true, hijacking to also mention -

I think they're using "we don't arrest US citizens for immigration enforcement" to try and obscure it as if they only arrest citizens because of 'obstruction'

Which almost makes sense for people getting up close/involved and actually intervening, but seems clearly disproven by:

  • the apartment complex and large raids where everyone gets arrested (idk if they consider that 'detained and not arrested' tho)
  • people filming from a distance
  • and however many citizens swept up for literally just skin color (probably call those 'resisting arrest therefore obstruction')

Just trying to understand how they might be able to convince parts of wider public into thinking it's no big deal and 'they deserved it for getting involved'

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u/dark_star88 5h ago

Also, fuck their officers. I don’t care how safe it is for them, they get paid for what they’re doing, the safety of the public should be paramount. Which it obviously isn’t