@Remittancegirl is absolutely right, and has given me a thought:

If you see #ICE doing their #Gestapo bit, call 911 and report an #ISIS cell is conducting terrorism at that location.
Really, ICE, ISIS, what's the difference?
Then see if you can find some popcorn 🍿

#ICEisthenewGestapo#DomesticTerrorism#SeeSomethingSaySomething

Los Angeles Daily News : "In a scene described as "barbaric"— some two dozen children with their hands chained were videotaped shuffling single file in ICE custody.

Jorge-Mario Cabrera of the Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights Los Angeles said that its attorneys had confirmed details posted with the video.

The attorneys contacted the children and planned to represent them—adding the children were not accompanied by their parents."

--Jeffrey St Clair

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/children-videotaped-handcuffed-in-federal-custody-in-la-it-s-barbaric-immigrant-rights-group-says/ar-AA1IuHiK

#ice #gestapo #fascism #immigration #trump #children #childabuse

A federal judge blocked the #Trump admin on Friday from making indiscriminate #immigration arrests in the #LosAngeles area & denying detainees the right to consult with a lawyer.…

The California judge granted 2 TROs in response to a lawsuit filed last week by immigrant advocacy groups. A fuller hearing is expected in the coming weeks, but the initial rulings represent a sharp rebuke of the tactics that federal agents have employed in & around #LA….

#law#ICE#Gestapo
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/11/us/immigration-raids-judge-injunction.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

The ruling remains in place for 10 days. A coalition of #CivilRights groups, led by the #ACLU of Southern California & the nonprofit #PublicCounsel, is seeking a more durable order, known as a preliminary #injunction.

…During a hearing Thurs, the judge was skeptical about the govt’s assertions that it was not violating people’s constitutional rights & that agents were stopping #immigrants based on “the totality of circumstances,”rather than relying on race.

#law #immigration#Trump#Gestapo

…Mark Rosenbaum, a lawyer with #PublicCounsel, said, “The order reflects there is something very wrong when the federal government goes to war against an American city & ignores the #Constitution.” He added, “Hopefully this ends the actions of the government rounding up carwash workers & other hardworking people like they were domestic terrorists.”

#law #immigration#DueProcess#CivilRights#Judiciary#Trump#ICE#Gestapo#AbuseOfPower #tyranny

“What the federal government would have this Court believe — in the face of a mountain of evidence presented in this case — is that none of this is actually happening,” the judge wrote.

She said that “roving patrols” without reasonable suspicion violated the #FourthAmendment of the #Constitution & that denying access to lawyers violated the #FifthAmendment.

#law #immigration#DueProcess#CivilRights#Judiciary#Trump#Gestapo#AbuseOfPower #tyranny

The ruling remains in place for 10 days. A coalition of #CivilRights groups, led by the #ACLU of Southern California & the nonprofit #PublicCounsel, is seeking a more durable order, known as a preliminary #injunction.

…During a hearing Thurs, the judge was skeptical about the govt’s assertions that it was not violating people’s constitutional rights & that agents were stopping #immigrants based on “the totality of circumstances,”rather than relying on race.

#law #immigration#Trump#Gestapo

In the orders, the judge, Maame E. Frimpong of the US District Court for the Central District of #California, directed agents to stop #RacialProfiling in the course of seeking out #immigrants, & mandated that the #federal government, which has deployed hundreds of agents from #ICE & other agencies in #LosAngeles County, ensure detainees have access to legal counsel.

#law#Constitution #immigration#DueProcess#CivilRights#Judiciary#Trump#Gestapo#AbuseOfPower #tyranny

“What the federal government would have this Court believe — in the face of a mountain of evidence presented in this case — is that none of this is actually happening,” the judge wrote.

She said that “roving patrols” without reasonable suspicion violated the #FourthAmendment of the #Constitution & that denying access to lawyers violated the #FifthAmendment.

#law #immigration#DueProcess#CivilRights#Judiciary#Trump#Gestapo#AbuseOfPower #tyranny

A #California #farmworker died on Friday from injuries sustained a day earlier when #US #immigration agents raided a cannabis operation & arrested hundreds of workers, according to a farmworker advocacy group.

Dozens of #ImmigrantRights activists faced off w/ #federal agents in rural Southern California on Thursday. It was the latest escalation of #Trump's campaign for #MassDeportations of immigrants in the US.

#law#HumanRights#ICE#Gestapo#PoliceBrutality
https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/one-california-worker-dead-hundreds-arrested-after-cannabis-farm-raid-2025-07-11/

In the orders, the judge, Maame E. Frimpong of the US District Court for the Central District of #California, directed agents to stop #RacialProfiling in the course of seeking out #immigrants, & mandated that the #federal government, which has deployed hundreds of agents from #ICE & other agencies in #LosAngeles County, ensure detainees have access to legal counsel.

#law#Constitution #immigration#DueProcess#CivilRights#Judiciary#Trump#Gestapo#AbuseOfPower #tyranny

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US #citizens were detained during the #raid & some are still unaccounted for, Strater said.

Some citizen workers who were detained reported only being released from custody after deleting photos & videos of the raid from their phones, said #UFW President Teresa Romero in a statement.

#law #immigration#HumanRights#ICE#Trump#Gestapo#PoliceBrutality

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The scene at the #farm on Thursday was chaotic, with #federal agents wearing helmets & face #masks using #TearGas & smoke cannisters on #protesters, according to photos & videos of the scene.

Several #farmworkers were injured & one died on Friday from injuries sustained after a 30-foot fall from a building during the #raid, said Elizabeth Strater, national vice president of the #UnitedFarmWorkers.

#law #immigration#HumanRights#ICE#Trump#Gestapo#PoliceBrutality

"These violent and cruel federal actions terrorize American communities, disrupt the American food supply chain, threaten lives & separate families," Romero said.

#law #immigration#HumanRights#ICE#Trump#Gestapo#PoliceBrutality#TheCrueltyIsThePoint

Heavily armed immigration agents descend on #MacArthurPark in #LosAngeles

By Melissa Gomez, Rachel Uranga, Brittny Mejia, Richard Winton and Ruben Vives
July 7, 2025 12:16 PM PT

"Dozens of immigration agents, some on horseback, others carrying rifles in armored vehicles, swept through MacArthur Park on Monday in an extraordinary show of force at the heart of Los Angeles’ #immigrant community.

"Heavily armored #BorderPatrol officers with a fleet of white minibuses partially blocked the streets surrounding the park, which has become a source of crime and drugs in the area in the last few years. #Activists with megaphones were able to warn locals at the park before the contingent arrived, according to police sources.

"The move comes days after President Trump signed a budget that will provide a mass infusion of funds to the Department of Homeland Security to ramp up its immigration enforcement to levels unseen before in the United States. Los Angeles has become the poster child of Trump’s mass deportation plan, as more than 1,600 people have been arrested between June 6 and 22.

"The agents appeared to arrive around 10:30 a.m. after amassing at nearby locations. Once they were at the park, they were met with crowds of people screaming 'get the f— out!' and 'get out!' #MayorKarenBass also showed up to the park, which sits just west of downtown Los Angeles. Activists, who have been on high alert for weeks, appeared to be prepared to deploy lawyers to the scene.

"At some point, Assistant Chief Patrol Agent David Kim handed his cellphone to Bass. Speaking to the other person over the line she could be heard saying, 'You’re getting ready to leave? Can you leave ASAP?'

"Demonstrators began to chant, drowning out her conversation. When asked to comment, Bass said the federal immigration agents needed 'to leave and they need to leave right now, they need to leave because this is unacceptable.'

"When asked who she was talking to on the other end of the line she said it was 'the head of customs.'

"Bass handed the phone back to a U.S. Border Patrol agent. Shortly afterward, she boarded a black SUV and left the area.

"It’s unclear if anyone was arrested during the sweep.

" 'This was just one big, perverse publicity stunt,' said #RonGochez, a member of #UniónDelBarrio, an independent political organization advocating for immigrant rights and social justice. 'It was just to show force, it was just to take pictures.'

"The chaos on #WilshireBoulevard around MacArthur Park had mostly calmed by 11:30 a.m., though a few protesters and members of the news media lingered afterward.

"Mikema Nahmir, 28, said he was out for his morning walk at 11 a.m. when he saw two women running down the street yelling that '#LaMigra' was at MacArthur Park.

"Nahmir joined the group of #protesters who chased and yelled after the #military-style trucks. At one point, he said, someone from the truck shot out an #irritant toward him and another protester.

" 'L.A. is ours, this is our city,' Nahmir said. 'This is what my morning walk turned into. They’re terrorizing our neighborhood.'

"Live video from the scene Monday morning broadcast on social media showed a line of white vans that have been used to transport arrestees as well as several agents on horseback. Agents cleared the scene by 11:20 a.m. and it was not immediately clear how many people they had taken into custody.

"U.S. Border Patrol Sector Chief Greg Bovino, who has been leading the operations on the ground in Los Angeles, was present during the operation.

"Bovino, who is based near the U.S.-Mexico border along with others in the Trump administration, was sued last week by immigrant rights groups seeking to block what it calls an 'ongoing pattern and practice of flouting the #Constitution and federal law' during immigration raids. They say raids have targeted individuals based on race, lack #DueProcess and some practices are akin to #kidnapping rather than legal enforcement. A hearing is set for later this week in federal court.

"Asked for comment on whether any arrests had been made, a senior DHS official, said, 'We don’t comment on ongoing enforcement operations.' "

https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2025-07-07/immigration-agents-descend-on-macarthur-park?utm_source=firefox-newtab-en-us

#USPol#ICE#ICEKidnapping#MurderPatrol#KristiNoem#DHS#Gestapo#ResistICE#Resistance#Authoritarianism#Fascism#NaziPatrol#GTFO