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In reply to the discussion: ICE promises bystanders who challenged Charlottesville raid will be prosecuted [View all]cadoman
(1,245 posts)39. 10 U.S.C. 253 looks closely adjacent to ICE's ongoing "work", but does it overlap?
> The President, by using the militia or the armed forces, or both, or by any other means, shall take such measures as he considers necessary to suppress, in a State, any insurrection, domestic violence, unlawful combination, or conspiracy, if it
But tsf is invoking the Alien Enemies Act, so seems like it wouldn't apply? Seems like given the reasoning that he's using the insurrection act could also be on the table though, unless my layman's understanding of expansive terms like "domestic violence" is too broad.
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ICE promises bystanders who challenged Charlottesville raid will be prosecuted [View all]
mahatmakanejeeves
Sunday
OP
By arriving in unmarked cars, wearing plain clothes and masks, showing no badge, and...
surfered
Sunday
#5
10 U.S.C. 253 looks closely adjacent to ICE's ongoing "work", but does it overlap?
cadoman
Monday
#39
I'm still wondering if the people they are nabbing are being read their Miranda rights
Bayard
Monday
#28
Did ICE really think that they would not get noticed in Charlottesville, given its recent history?
tornado34jh
Sunday
#7
it's bad enough they don't have uniforms or ID, what the fuck is up with the balaclava???
LymphocyteLover
Sunday
#16
So an Unidentified Masked Gang grab a guy off the street and shove him in a van.
mackdaddy
Sunday
#18
These are abductions & disappearances. Dry runs for abducting citizens. If they are official they can identify themselve
Bernardo de La Paz
Sunday
#19
So now they are intimidating witnesses. Conducting raids like criminals with covered faces and no badges.
Martin68
Sunday
#20
ICE officers have no "authority". They are the enforcement wing of those with "authority" namely the US Congress
Cheezoholic
Sunday
#24
ICE has become an organization of full-on thugs empowered by trump to kidnap anybody...
Hekate
Monday
#30
Why do they believe not IDing themselves and covering their faces like criminals
Figarosmom
Monday
#31