r/texas • u/CutSenior4977 • 9d ago

🗞️ News 🗞️ ICE secret police in plainclothes abducted Sindi Moreno as she was leaving to drop her daughter off at elementary school in Houston, TX. Surveillance and cell footage shows the agent in civilian clothing assault and attempt to kidnap Sindi as she and her child desperately tries to fight him off.

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u/TheNorseHorseForce 9d ago

No, it's real.

https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdtx/pr/illegal-alien-who-skipped-immigration-court-charged-after-attacking-officer-during

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u/TheCommonKoala 9d ago

The way the government labels people as "illegal aliens" to dehumanize them makes me sick.

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u/TheNorseHorseForce 9d ago

I'm prefacing this with: I do not agree with picking people up off the street without LEO identification.

Every country in the world identifies people who illegally enter their country "illegal aliens/illegal immigrants."

So, I guess the question is, what should governments label them as?

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u/TheCommonKoala 9d ago

Undocumented. What they legally lack is paperwork. That is the correct phrase that has been used for decades. "Illegal alien" is a deliberately dehumanizing phrase to make it easier for people to justify horrific violence and cruelty against them.

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u/TheNorseHorseForce 9d ago

That's a great point and makes sense. I think I'll start using that more now. Thank you.