Beardy Star Stuff
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vruz
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The #Trump admin has made conflicting statements about whether #immigration agents will target #farmworkers, about half of whom are unauthorized to work in the US, per govt estimates.
#DHS said that ~200 people in the country illegally were arrested in the raid, which targeted 2 locations of the cannabis operation Glass House Farms.
Agents also found 10 immigrant minors at the #farm. The facility is under investigation for child labor violations, said #CBP Commissioner Rodney Scott.
Alex Akselrod
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Republicans are making the US radioactive. Between insane tariffs and job losses, our chief export will soon be prisoners.
#Tariffs#ICE#DHS#JobLosses#USExports #TrumpDidThis#RepublicansOwnThis#TrumpVotersDidThis#MrFish#USPol
joene 🏴🍉
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WTF!!! #DHS Tells #Police That Common #Protest Activities Are ‘Violent Tactics’
DHS is urging law enforcement to treat even #skateboarding and #livestreaming as signs of violent intent during a protest, turning everyday behavior into a pretext for police action.
By Dell Cameron, Jul 10, 202
"The #DepartmentOfHomelandSecurity is urging local police to consider a wide range of protest activity as violent tactics, including mundane acts like riding a #bike or livestreaming a police encounter, WIRED has learned.
"WIRED has made this article free for all to read because it is primarily based on reporting from Freedom of Information Act requests [#FOIA]. Please consider subscribing to support our journalism.
"Threat bulletins issued during last month’s '#NoKings' #protests warn that the US government’s aggressive immigration raids are almost certain to accelerate domestic unrest, with DHS saying there’s a 'high likeliness' more Americans will soon turn against the agency, which could trigger #confrontations near federal sites.
"Blaming intense media coverage and backlash to the US military deployment in #LosAngeles, DHS expects the #demonstrations to 'continue and grow across the nation' as #protesters focused on other issues shift to #immigration, following a broad 'embracement of #AntiICE messaging.'
"The bulletins—first obtained by the national security nonprofit #PropertyOfThePeople through public records requests—warn that officers could face assaults with fireworks and improvised weapons: #paint-filled fire extinguishers, smoke grenades, and projectiles like #bottles and #rocks.
"At the same time, the guidance urges officers to consider a range of #nonviolent behavior and common #ProtestGear—like #masks, #flashlights, and #cameras—as potential precursors to violence, telling officers to prepare 'from the point of view of an adversary.'
"Protesters on #bicycles, #skateboards, or even 'on foot' are framed as potential 'scouts' conducting reconnaissance or searching for 'items to be used as weapons.' #Livestreaming is listed alongside ' #doxxing' as a 'tactic' for 'threatening' police. Online posters are cast as ideological #recruiters—or as participants in 'surveillance sharing.'
"One list of 'violent tactics' shared by the Los Angeles–based Joint Regional Intelligence Center—part of a post-9/11 fusion network—includes both protesters’ attempts to avoid identification and efforts to identify police. The memo also alleges that face recognition, normally a tool of law enforcement, was used against officers.
"Vera Eidelman, a senior staff attorney with the American Civil Liberties Union [#ACLU], says the government has no business treating #constitutionally protected activities—like #observing or #documenting police—as threats.
"#DHS did not respond to a request for comment."
Read more:
https://www.wired.com/story/dhs-tells-police-that-common-protest-activities-are-violent-tactics/
#ACAB #FusionCenters#Fascism#Authoritarianism#Resistance#Journalism#PoliceState#CriminalizingDissent#Protestors#Protest#USPol#CriminalizingProtest#Orwell#BigBrother#DoublePlusUngood#SurveillanceState#NaziPatrol#NineteenEightyFour
joene 🏴🍉
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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.' "
#USPol#ICE#ICEKidnapping#MurderPatrol#KristiNoem#DHS#Gestapo#ResistICE#Resistance#Authoritarianism#Fascism#NaziPatrol#GTFO
ProPublica
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Kristi Noem, while governor of South Dakota, supplemented her roughly $130,000 salary by secretly accepting $80,000 donated to a political nonprofit she was affiliated with, records show.
She never disclosed this income on federal ethics forms.
Tim Chambers
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One former senior official called it “mind-boggling” that the Drug Enforcement Administration is “just getting orders saying, ‘This is what Stephen Miller wants and you’ve got to give it to us.’”
One former senior official called it “mind-boggling” that the Drug Enforcement Administration is “just getting orders saying, ‘This is what Stephen Miller wants and you’ve got to give it to us.’”
@ProPublica If you pay off the Capo di Tutti Capi off, Miller will have the investigation halted.
#StephenMiller#DEA#DHS #organizedcrime
#StephenMiller#DEA#DHS #organizedcrime
Congress set to hand Trump🚨BILLIONS to recruit more Gestapo #ICE#CPB agents. This atrocity is underreported & endangers millions of undoc #immigrants & US citizens.
Detaining & deporting more immigrants will be devastating: family members will be separated, communities lose their valued contributions, creates more financially insecure ppl, reduces the WF, restricts immigration, negatively affects the economy..
#Deportations#Detention#BorderWall#Surveillance#BBB#DHShttps://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/congress-set-hand-trump-billions-recruit-ice-agents-rcna214990
From the Police Chief magazine, showing the last text the have of the Senate version of the bill:
The image shows a law enforcement officer's uniform, highlighting a firearm and an ICE badge on their utility belt. In the background, other officers in tactical gear are partially visible. The text discusses Congress's budget plan to allocate funds for hiring more ICE agents:
A New Trump Plan Gives DHS and the White House Greater Influence in the Fight Against Organized Crime
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Internal documents and interviews show that an overhaul led by Stephen Miller would scale back prosecutors’ control over investigations.
https://www.propublica.org/article/stephen-miller-trump-dhs-fbi-doj-war-on-drugs?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#DHS, which includes #ICE & US Customs & Border Protection, said #CBP vehicles used the parking lot briefly.
"This had nothing to do with the Dodgers. CBP vehicles were in the stadium parking lot very briefly, unrelated to any operation or enforcement," DHS propagandist Tricia McLaughlin said.
The #Dodgers, whose fanbase includes a large number of Latinos, has come under fire in recent days for not speaking out publicly against #raids by ICE agents across #LosAngeles.
It sounds like the migrant defense was highly successful this weekend in Tukwila. Only two immigrants were believed to have been kidnapped on Saturday, wish it were zero but thankful it was not efficient for ICE.
Today ICE didn't even bother to show up for work! 🎉🎊🤗
Hundreds of migrants and many comrades showed up none the less. Migrants wanted proof they attempted to attend the surprise interviews.