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Abuse of Authority

Six days ago, ICE raided several locations and detained several undocumented day labourers in Compton and Paramount. The arrests made were viewed as acts of aggression by ICE. This unwise move triggered protests in Downtown LA. Almost every news channel has confirmed that the protest was peaceful, but on June 7 some protestors and federal forces clashed during raids because this aggressive move of the government was seen as unnecessary.

The tension that LA is witnessing today could have been avoided had President Trump not ordered the deployment of 2000 National Guard troops. To worsen things further, the silly man moved 700 marines to LA. Mr. Trump claims that as per Title 10, it was needed to control the violent mobs, protect federal personnel, and prevent further lawlessness. Really, Mr. Trump? We all saw what offended the people. Yes! It was the aggressive move of law and order authorities. An Australian news reporter was shot with a rubber bullet while she was reporting the ongoing tension.

Governor Newsom and Mayor Karen Bass criticised the actions of the President and called the deployment unconstitutional. As a matter of fact, both described the move as forced federalisation and abuse of authority because the decision made was never discussed with the state. Residents and local officials confirmed that the protests were peaceful, and local law authorities were managing the protests well.

This is becoming a trend now. Anytime people withstand or question Trump's administration, they are stopped forcefully. It is evident now that President Trump hates protests and likes to intimidate protestors for no reason.

The United States of America is transitioning from democracy to autocracy, gradually. There's no denying that now.

Mayor Bass claims that deployment of the National Guard and Marines didn't pacify the situation. It worsened it, rather. I wish President Trump is held accountable for aggravating the protestors and misuse of authority.

It doesn't surprise me why most MAGA supporters are regretting voting for Trump.

Illegal immigration is indeed a major concern for many countries, but is this kind of aggressive approach necessary to stop it? I don't think so. Tighten the border patrol if illegal immigration bothers you a lot. No one will question that. What good did the massive wall do if there are still illegal immigrants in the USA today? It means you have culprits within your system and administration.
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Baremine · 70-79, C
What is wrong with enforcing the law. What is an undocumented laborer? Someone who has entered the country illegally and is therefore a criminal. Criminals need to pay for the crime. The democrats sanctuary city is illegal. Biden is a crook. Most of the democrats are guilty of violating the law.
Removing Illegal aliens is enforcing the law. Donald Trump is the best president in years. The protesters are also breaking the laws and should be punished.
nudistsueaz · 61-69, F
@Baremine Exactly
dancingtongue · 80-89, M
@Baremine
What is an undocumented laborer?
Murderers and rapists if you believe the MAGA narrative. Mostly people who got tired of standing in line for years because of the backlog in immigration courts and a dysfunctional immigration system for low-paying jobs that were going unfilled if you look at facts. Immigration laws need to be changed to reflect realistic needs and end the discriminatory bias towards everyone in the world except our neighbors to the south. Yet Republicans have jettisoned every attempt at bipartisan updating of immigration laws for decades. Unrealistic and outdated laws tend to be ignored; that is why they are called scoff laws.

MAGA folks may call it simply enforcing the law. Why are ICE military-style SWAT teams required to round up day laborers standing around outside Home Depot hoping someone will pick them to do a home project for them cheaply? To go into schools after kids who had little to nothing to do with where they are, but provide a trail to their parents? To go into courts to grab people before they have had their due process completed and rushed off into a deportation system with no oversight or due process reminiscent of Soviet style Gulags? And if you are simply enforcing the laws, when are you going after the corporate employers in the construction and hospitality industries who rely on hiring immigrants with a wink at false IDs and no checking of the electronic systems at their disposal?

It's in the optics: the use of abusive, unnecessary force -- or the appearance of it -- provokes the protests. The over-reaction to the protests by sending in military forces unrequested by local or state law enforcement only exacerbates the situation.
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SoLeRiMix · 36-40, M
@dancingtongue Well said, Sir! 🙇
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nudistsueaz · 61-69, F
@BrandNewMan Exactly
dancingtongue · 80-89, M
@Baremine Dang, even Trump agrees with me:

WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump said he plans to make changes to his administration's aggressive crackdown on illegal immigration to protect migrant farmers, hotel workers and others in the leisure industry who have been among those deported.

Trump promised the changes in a June 12 Truth Social post that acknowledged Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers have expanded arrests beyond just migrants convicted of violent crimes, who Trump officials have said are the primary targets of raids and deportations.

"Our great Farmers and people in the Hotel and Leisure business have been stating that our very aggressive policy on immigration is taking very good, long time workers away from them, with those jobs being almost impossible to replace," Trump wrote on the social media platform he owns.

--USA Today