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mrJJ

(886 posts)
Thu Sep 7, 2017, 09:34 PM Sep 2017

Homeland Security Plans Massive Roundups of Undocumented Immigrants

Source: NBC News

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump's Department of Homeland Security is planning nationwide raids to target 8,400 undocumented immigrants later this month, according to three law enforcement officials and an internal document that described the plan as "the largest operation of its kind in the history of ICE," an acronym for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

The raids, scheduled over five days beginning Sept. 17, are being called "Operation Mega," according to the document, a memo circulated agency-wide in August.

It is not unusual for ICE operations to target immigrants by the hundreds or even low thousands. The higher-than-usual target number may be partially driven by an effort to reach a deportation goal at the end of the fiscal year, which ends Sept. 30, one of the officials said.

Read more: https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/ice-plans-mega-largest-immigration-raid-operation-its-kind-n799691

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Homeland Security Plans Massive Roundups of Undocumented Immigrants (Original Post) mrJJ Sep 2017 OP
drumpf pleasing the base again. democratisphere Sep 2017 #1
i don't think so. barbtries Sep 2017 #8
And so it begins, the Republican version of the DREAM ACT yuiyoshida Sep 2017 #2
I hope there's a mass defection of ICE personell defacto7 Sep 2017 #3
Not going to happen atreides1 Sep 2017 #10
Is it part of their training or do they advertise, defacto7 Sep 2017 #13
The type of people who apply to join ICE IronLionZion Sep 2017 #21
No one that has a problem with it would christx30 Sep 2017 #17
This message was self-deleted by its author defacto7 Sep 2017 #19
When they run out of "the other" to chase, they will start in on us. dixiegrrrrl Sep 2017 #29
Oh, don't get me wrong. I think what they are doing is awful. My point is that christx30 Sep 2017 #30
Biden is considering running. n/t dixiegrrrrl Sep 2017 #31
That would be amazing if Biden were to run. christx30 Sep 2017 #32
Sick, sick, sick.......n/t jaysunb Sep 2017 #4
ICE is looking for new hires. Being an asshole is a requirement. gtar100 Sep 2017 #5
Ethnic cleansing not fooled Sep 2017 #6
I suppose they won't target re-building areas delisen Sep 2017 #7
Yee Haa lordsummerisle Sep 2017 #9
With the country on fire, drowning and waiting for a nuclear attack... Frustratedlady Sep 2017 #11
Homeland Security should have all hands on deck dealing with Hurricane damage OhioBlue Sep 2017 #12
The only thing they are interested in securing defacto7 Sep 2017 #14
Homeland Security CANCELS Massive Roundups of Undocumented Immigrants babylonsister Sep 2017 #15
So it does. defacto7 Sep 2017 #20
The story changed muriel_volestrangler Sep 2017 #28
Why don't they "round up" everyone who is not 100% Native American? BigmanPigman Sep 2017 #16
I wish just one of those agents would challenge whites in rural America IronLionZion Sep 2017 #18
Totally Forgot About That Video... Grassy Knoll Sep 2017 #22
It's something a lot of folks don't think about IronLionZion Sep 2017 #23
Well they know who the dreamers are, and where they live. alfredo Sep 2017 #24
Don't they mean Operation MAGA? Luciferous Sep 2017 #25
They've got to fill those for-profit prisons up with SOMEBODY! TheDebbieDee Sep 2017 #26
Harvesting is just about over with.... SergeStorms Sep 2017 #27

yuiyoshida

(41,862 posts)
2. And so it begins, the Republican version of the DREAM ACT
Thu Sep 7, 2017, 09:42 PM
Sep 2017

is to toss immigrants over the wall with out any concern if they walk away or not.

atreides1

(16,093 posts)
10. Not going to happen
Thu Sep 7, 2017, 10:10 PM
Sep 2017

Most of those ICE personnel are the modern version of the Gestapo...willing to follow orders without question...totally devoid of of any empathy!

IronLionZion

(45,534 posts)
21. The type of people who apply to join ICE
Thu Sep 7, 2017, 10:34 PM
Sep 2017

are into this sort of thing. A portion of any group of such people believe that America is only for those of European heritage. Skin color is easier than reading documentation or searching databases.

christx30

(6,241 posts)
17. No one that has a problem with it would
Thu Sep 7, 2017, 10:23 PM
Sep 2017

even apply to work at ICE. From what I've read, ICE felt like their hands were tied when Obama was in office. Now they get to cut loose. It sucks.

Response to christx30 (Reply #17)

dixiegrrrrl

(60,010 posts)
29. When they run out of "the other" to chase, they will start in on us.
Fri Sep 8, 2017, 08:53 PM
Sep 2017

These same ICE guys, and/or their brother DEA types, will be told to target groups who are ...well, us...the liberals. College professors are usually the first to go.
Trumped up charges for some, like false possession charges, always work.

Many ways to get the job done and many historical tried and true manuals to point the way.

Have you noticed how quickly white supremacy popped up since Nov.???

happily, the Orange Foolishness is way too inept and has slipped his leash on the way to the impeachment slide.
We may have a chance. This time.

christx30

(6,241 posts)
30. Oh, don't get me wrong. I think what they are doing is awful. My point is that
Sat Sep 9, 2017, 12:54 AM
Sep 2017

no one on our side should look for allies within the ranks of ICE. Those people have dedicated their lives to kicking people out of the country, breaking up families. That's their business, and business is booming.

What our side needs to do is craft a message that will resonate with the American people. We get need to get our people elected into office, and remove power from ICE. We need another Obama. A strong, good leader. Someone that tells the truth in the same way that Trump lies. We need the Anti-Trump.

christx30

(6,241 posts)
32. That would be amazing if Biden were to run.
Sat Sep 9, 2017, 03:21 PM
Sep 2017

He's a great person. Very likable. Smart as hell. I think he's got the best chance of making Chump a one term president.

gtar100

(4,192 posts)
5. ICE is looking for new hires. Being an asshole is a requirement.
Thu Sep 7, 2017, 09:55 PM
Sep 2017

How can anyone who cares at all about people take part in this sort of thing... "legal" or not! "Just doing my job" is no excuse for ripping apart families. They will share in the shame if they participate in this nazi-style round-up of people.

not fooled

(5,801 posts)
6. Ethnic cleansing
Thu Sep 7, 2017, 10:01 PM
Sep 2017

Make 'Murikkka Majority White Again!!!

also involves denying birth control and abortions to white women.

Who says this administration doesn't have a plan? Or that dump doesn't follow through on his campaign promises? Too bad he just picks the wrong ones.


Frustratedlady

(16,254 posts)
11. With the country on fire, drowning and waiting for a nuclear attack...
Thu Sep 7, 2017, 10:11 PM
Sep 2017

Trump pulls a move like this? Doesn't he have something better to do at the moment?

Does he make these decisions after he wakes up? Gets out on the right side or wrong side of bed?

defacto7

(13,485 posts)
14. The only thing they are interested in securing
Thu Sep 7, 2017, 10:20 PM
Sep 2017

are things that don't need to be secured. It's a waste... it's insanity.

babylonsister

(171,094 posts)
15. Homeland Security CANCELS Massive Roundups of Undocumented Immigrants
Thu Sep 7, 2017, 10:20 PM
Sep 2017

That is the title of your link for me.

muriel_volestrangler

(101,367 posts)
28. The story changed
Fri Sep 8, 2017, 03:41 AM
Sep 2017

The first version of it, which is what the OP has, is at: https://web.archive.org/web/20170908001738/https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/ice-plans-mega-largest-immigration-raid-operation-its-kind-n799691

The current version was updated with:

But after NBC News reported the plans late Thursday, the agency issued a statement saying it had cancelled nationwide enforcement actions due to Hurricane Irma and the damage caused by Hurricane Harvey.

"While we generally do not comment on future potential law enforcement actions, operational plans are subject to change based on a variety of factors," ICE spokesman Sarah Rodriguez said in a statement. "Due to the current weather situation in Florida and other potentially impacted areas, along with the ongoing recovery in Texas, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) had already reviewed all upcoming operations and has adjusted accordingly. There is currently no coordinated nationwide operation planned at this time. The priority in the affected areas should remain focused on life-saving and life-sustaining activities."

and there's been a lot of changes of tense in the rest of the article.

BigmanPigman

(51,630 posts)
16. Why don't they "round up" everyone who is not 100% Native American?
Thu Sep 7, 2017, 10:22 PM
Sep 2017

That is who this country is...IMMIGRANTS! I hope they start with the first fucking family and their dreamer offspring. Fuck the fake prez and the GOP!

I hope that everyone in this country will literally stand between ICE and the innocent people who did nothing wrong. At the DACA rally I attended on Tues. we all pledged to do that and I will and so will my teacher friends in San Diego.

IronLionZion

(45,534 posts)
18. I wish just one of those agents would challenge whites in rural America
Thu Sep 7, 2017, 10:25 PM
Sep 2017

and see how they feel when they are caught without the right documentation. I bet plenty of Trump voters don't carry their birth certificates around the way many American born brown US citizens have to.

SergeStorms

(19,204 posts)
27. Harvesting is just about over with....
Fri Sep 8, 2017, 02:02 AM
Sep 2017

time to deport them back to their country of origin. Until next year, when the Republican corporate farmers want to hire some more slave labor for the growing and harvest season.

I was listening to Arlo Guthrie singing his Dad's song, "Deportee" (Plane Wreck at Los Gatos) today. The first time in a looooong time. Great song. Just as meaningful today as it was when Woody wrote it in 1948. And not a damned thing has changed in the 70 years since Woody wrote it either.

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