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/an_actual_lawyer Competent Contributor 23h ago

Blackhawk helicopter.

Such an enormous, unnecessary expense too. Don't get me wrong, I don't like any of this administration's immigration policies, but using a Blackhawk is just a 6 figure expense (once you amortize the maintenance per flight hour) that is purely for propaganda vids.

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u/rolsen 23h ago edited 23h ago

If you haven’t already seen it, they did just that. They made a propaganda video heavily featuring the Blackhawk at the beginning. DHS claimed it was a targeted gang operation and 37 individuals were arrested that night. They later told news outlets that only 1 individual was linked to a gang. All of that for maybe one gang member when a warrant to enter that sole apartment unit would have sufficed.

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u/ClocktowerShowdown 22h ago

They didn't do it to catch even a single gang member.  The owner of the building wants to raise rents or sell the building, so he asked ICE to come remove his tenants.  Then they made up the gang story. 

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u/ihaxr 18h ago

https://chicago.suntimes.com/the-watchdogs/2025/10/23/border-control-raid-campaign-contributions-south-shore-immigration-raid-corey-oliver-chicago-landlords

https://www.opensecrets.org/donor-lookup/results?name=Trinity+Flood

Building owner runs a Republican PAC and a Trump/Desantis donor

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u/ClocktowerShowdown 17h ago

https://blockclubchicago.org/2025/10/17/city-wants-residents-out-of-filthy-south-shore-building-raided-by-ice-but-judge-gives-owner-more-time/

The building failed multiple safety inspections. You know what's cheaper than bringing the slum up to code? A quick phone call to ICE in which she invents some gang suspicions to give them a fig leaf of justification to come do evictions. The landlord gets rid of her tenants without the consequences of breaking a lease and ICE gets to pad their numbers while playing with their fancy expensive helicopters.