Food for thought. I will not argue or respond to hateful comments…
Ice is in Chicago. The TX national guard is in Chicago…
Ice is driving around and stopping people based on their appearance and demanding proof of citizenship.
This is another version of stop and frisk. Which has been ruled unconstitutional.
I am an American citizen. Born and raised in Chicago. Never been afraid to walk the streets on any neighborhood even the high crime rate neighborhoods- I have been a census taker and volunteered for multiple community outreach programs for 2 decades (since I was 18) and even before then as a teen. That’s besides the point. Not one have I ever felt unsafe. Is there crime in Chicago, absolutely but it’s not being committed by undocumented people, which are statistically less likely to commit a crime, it’s being committed by us citizens that are part of gangs and organized crime. I’ve never felt afraid because I don’t participate in illegal activity.
Now I’m afraid to walk out the door without my passport. Never in my life did I ever consider that I’d need to carry my passport and my children’s passport with me when I leave my house to go buy groceries or take my kids to and from school.
Never in my life did I think I’d have to have my teenagers keep their passports on their person at all times when they leave the house.
It shouldn’t be “hey mom I’m going to the movies with my friends” and then me replying “ok son have fun, be safe, AND DONT FORGET TO TAKE YOUR PASSPORT!”
I shouldn’t have to put AirTags inside my toddlers clothes in case I get some dbag agent questioning me who decides that he doesn’t think my passport is valid so they’re going to take me and leave my toddlers in my car!
Because that’s exactly what happens. They’re driving around see a group or single Hispanic and they stop them, and interrogate them, take them in until they decide that they’ve provided enough proof, in some cases they are holding citizens and residents INDEFINITELY!!! My mom’s nephew is a legal resident with no criminal record and he’s been in ice custody for almost 2 weeks now and they won’t let him call a lawyer. People saw him get taken by ice. He walked to the corner store to buy a soda and snacks for movie night with his wife and kids. Didn’t think he needed anything other than his phone to pay with Apple Pay!
This is making Chicago safe? Taking a legal resident that is married, has children and runs his own small business (not taking a job from anyone but creating jobs for others as he often has to hire other sub contractors for bigger projects)
This is absurd.
What if the tables were turned???
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Ice is driving around and stopping people based on their appearance and demanding proof of citizenship.
This is another version of stop and frisk. Which has been ruled unconstitutional.
I am an American citizen. Born and raised in Chicago. Never been afraid to walk the streets on any neighborhood even the high crime rate neighborhoods- I have been a census taker and volunteered for multiple community outreach programs for 2 decades (since I was 18) and even before then as a teen. That’s besides the point. Not one have I ever felt unsafe. Is there crime in Chicago, absolutely but it’s not being committed by undocumented people, which are statistically less likely to commit a crime, it’s being committed by us citizens that are part of gangs and organized crime. I’ve never felt afraid because I don’t participate in illegal activity.
Now I’m afraid to walk out the door without my passport. Never in my life did I ever consider that I’d need to carry my passport and my children’s passport with me when I leave my house to go buy groceries or take my kids to and from school.
Never in my life did I think I’d have to have my teenagers keep their passports on their person at all times when they leave the house.
It shouldn’t be “hey mom I’m going to the movies with my friends” and then me replying “ok son have fun, be safe, AND DONT FORGET TO TAKE YOUR PASSPORT!”
I shouldn’t have to put AirTags inside my toddlers clothes in case I get some dbag agent questioning me who decides that he doesn’t think my passport is valid so they’re going to take me and leave my toddlers in my car!
Because that’s exactly what happens. They’re driving around see a group or single Hispanic and they stop them, and interrogate them, take them in until they decide that they’ve provided enough proof, in some cases they are holding citizens and residents INDEFINITELY!!! My mom’s nephew is a legal resident with no criminal record and he’s been in ice custody for almost 2 weeks now and they won’t let him call a lawyer. People saw him get taken by ice. He walked to the corner store to buy a soda and snacks for movie night with his wife and kids. Didn’t think he needed anything other than his phone to pay with Apple Pay!
This is making Chicago safe? Taking a legal resident that is married, has children and runs his own small business (not taking a job from anyone but creating jobs for others as he often has to hire other sub contractors for bigger projects)
This is absurd.
What if the tables were turned???
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36-40, F
