Tag Archives: Customs and Border Patrol

Today in Fascism: With DHS officers having been deployed to Portland, Chicago prepares for the inevitable, and we wonder if Detroit might be next

By Mark | July 20, 2020

The cool, military-looking guy above is former lobbyist Chad Wolf. [Insert Donald Trump “Drain the swamp!” soundbite.] As I understand it, Wolf has never served a day in the military. He did, however, attend Southern Methodist University on a tennis scholarship, and earn an undergraduate degree in history. And, now, because he was in the […]

Posted in Civil Liberties, Detroit, Politics, Uncategorized | Also tagged border patrol, call to action, Carrie Cordero, Center for a New American Security, Chad Wolf, Chicago, Cory Booker, Dana Nessel, Department of Homeland Security, Department of Justice, Detroit, DHS, drain the swamp, family separation, fascism, FBI, Gretchen Whitmer, HEROES Act, Kirstjen Nielsen, law and order, lobbyists, martial law, moms against fascism, police state, politicization, Portland, racism, threats to Democracy, unconstitutional, William Barr | 80 Comments

Lacking any other ideas, Trump and doubles down on border cruelty, firing everyone who stands in Stephen Miller’s way

By Mark | April 9, 2019

I wanted to write about immigration yesterday, after news broke that Donald Trump had fired Secretary of Homeland Security Kirstjen Nielsen, but I just didn’t think that I could do the subject justice, given the sheer magnitude of everything that’s been happening. But, with that said, I’ve decided to give it another shot right now. […]

Posted in Civil Liberties, Politics, Uncategorized | Also tagged anti-immigrant, asylum, blue tape, Calexico, Claire Grady, cruelty, deterrent, El Paso, EPA, executive orders, family separation, FEMA, Flores v. Reno, gangs, Homeland Security, ICE, immigration, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, immigration law, international trade. Mexico, Jeff Sessions, Jenny Lisette Flores, Kirstjen Nielsen, Mick Mulvaney, Mike Pompeo, ports of entry, racism, Randolph "Tex" Alles, Secret Service, Secretary of Defense, southern border, Stephen Miller, United Nations, White House Chief of Staff, xenophobia, zero tolerance | 28 Comments

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