A Deeply Fractured US

[Altair]

What was once a fringe lefty opinion during Trump 1.0 is now considered mainstream by a plurality of Americans today.

https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5687229-ice-trump-administration-support-poll/

Plurality favours disbanding ICE (45%).

ICE will be disbanded the second there is a Democrat as president

 

[brihard]

ICE will be disbanded the second there is a Democrat as president

The next day, another federal agency will need to continue enforcing customs and immigration law. There will not be some massive pool of interested and available non-ICE people to do the job.

Meaningful reform is going to involve reversing a massive shift in mentality and attitude in a portion of America’s federal law enforcement. That’s not a matter of just shutting down an agency whose core functions still have to be carried out.

 

[Brad Sallows]

Plurality favours disbanding ICE (45%).

"Nearly 8 in 10 respondents to the survey who are registered Democrats support abolishing ICE, with 47 percent of independents and 14 percent of Republicans in favor of shuttering the agency."

 

[HavokFour]

Zeigen Sie mir Papiere!

Immigration officers around Minneapolis are approaching people and demanding proof that they’re U.S. citizens

U.S. citizens who are out walking or standing in public are not required to provide documentation or provide identification, one legal expert says.

www.nbcnews.com

EDIT: I knew that encounter described in the article sounded familiar, here's an actual video.

https://www.reddit.com/r/Minneapolis/comments/1qc556e/minneapolis_anatomy_of_an_registered_firearm

 

[McG]

Hopefully this makes a change in the situation.

https://twitter.com/x/status/2012353138078917095

 

[Lumber]

Hopefully this makes a change in the situation.

https://twitter.com/x/status/2012353138078917095

A judge has to order this? Isn't this just... The law when it comes to peaceful protestors?

 

[brihard]

A judge has to order this? Isn't this just... The law when it comes to peaceful protestors?

It’s supposed to work like that, yeah…

 

[Kilted]

I really hope once this term is over, that the United States take a long hard look at their Consistution, now that they have seen the President do many things that most people never thought would happen. The Office of the President needs to face stronger constraints, or the role needs to be diminished. Perhaps making the role of the President a more ceromonal role and transfer most of his powers to Congress, where the majority leader can esstially act as a Prime Minister.

 

[Jarnhamar]

I really hope once this term is over, that the United States take a long hard look at their Consistution, now that they have seen the President do many things that most people never thought would happen.

I don't know. Lots of those ICE dipshits really seem to love the power they have. Chances are they won't want to give that up too easily.