Was ICE really about getting illegals out of the country?
Why are Private Jails in states like Texas and Georgia making a fortune holding illegal immigrants. Georgia just made one of their most dangerous jails the biggest ICE detention centers ever.
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This sort of thing started happening in Europe and South America, in 1920s.
It gave us Nazis, Fascists, Franco, Peron...
A hundred years later, it gave us Trump, Bukele, Orbán, and let's not forget Putin and Xi.
You get a power hungry con artist, who lacks brains and persuasion skills, who think they're saving the country and the world from the ills that have surely been eating it up. And he's got the answers.
It's always tempting to drag the army into cities.
In a democracy, we don't use the army, because nothing good will come out of it.
People are frustrated with crime rates in large cities, but the answer is to pick better local leaders, and staff properly with law enforcement that's truly color blind. It's what the people want, but the racists will pretend that they must bring in the big guns instead.
It gave us Nazis, Fascists, Franco, Peron...
A hundred years later, it gave us Trump, Bukele, Orbán, and let's not forget Putin and Xi.
You get a power hungry con artist, who lacks brains and persuasion skills, who think they're saving the country and the world from the ills that have surely been eating it up. And he's got the answers.
It's always tempting to drag the army into cities.
General William Devereaux (Bruce Willis): The Army is a broadsword, not a scalpel. Trust me, senator, you do not want the Army in an American city. Chief of Staff: But hypothetically... how long would it take you to deploy? General William Devereaux: You know we can't go in until the President invokes the War Powers Act.
In a democracy, we don't use the army, because nothing good will come out of it.
People are frustrated with crime rates in large cities, but the answer is to pick better local leaders, and staff properly with law enforcement that's truly color blind. It's what the people want, but the racists will pretend that they must bring in the big guns instead.