did anyone want to hear #Shakespeare castigating nativist cruelty against #immigrants and #immigration?
such cruelty is not a new problem, so why not
here delivered by #IanMcKellen from memory
on "The Late Show With #StephenColbert"
#Maine State #Police called immigration authorities about 60 times last year
https://www.centralmaine.com/2026/02/06/maine-state-police-called-immigration-authorities-about-60-times-last-year/
> Troopers were told they were allowed to hold people on the side of the road for #immigration officials, even if there was no suspected criminal conduct.
RE: https://mastodon.social/@benroyce/116022348435120053
- and if you don't have the patience for literal Shakespearean prose, here's the gist: For want of a nail this is you, so fuck off with your narrowminded, privileged cruelty.
BTW like most overt racism, Evil May Day was a riot NOT of the privileged but of common, even lower-class people who, by the actually privileged, had been whipped into seeing their status as "not foreigners" as enough of a privilege to deny fellow human beings access to it.
History may not repeat but it certainly rhymes.
RE: https://helvede.net/@jwcph/116022628836742869
- and yes, of course the arrested violent racist rioters were ultimately pardoned by the king at the pleading of the aristocracy, because HISTORY FUCKING RHYMES!...
did anyone want to hear #Shakespeare castigating nativist cruelty against #immigrants and #immigration?
such cruelty is not a new problem, so why not
here delivered by #IanMcKellen from memory
on "The Late Show With #StephenColbert"
#ICE detention passed 70,000 in January, nearly 75% have no criminal record
https://azmirror.com/2026/02/05/repub/ice-detention-passed-70000-in-january-nearly-75-have-no-criminal-record/
> Despite U.S. #Immigration and Customs Enforcement actions in Minnesota, ICE arrests were down slightly in January compared to December, according to new data. Immigrant detention nationwide reached a new high in January, and a growing percentage — nearly three-quarters — of people in detention have no criminal convictions.
Letter from #NJ migrant detainees says they feel ‘kidnapped' without justification
https://newjerseymonitor.com/2026/02/05/detainees-nj-migrant-jail-letter/
> The letter was written by an Ecuadorian detainee and 24 others who were arrested by federal #immigration authorities.
#ICE detention passed 70,000 in January, nearly 75% have no criminal record
https://azmirror.com/2026/02/05/repub/ice-detention-passed-70000-in-january-nearly-75-have-no-criminal-record/
> Despite U.S. #Immigration and Customs Enforcement actions in Minnesota, ICE arrests were down slightly in January compared to December, according to new data. Immigrant detention nationwide reached a new high in January, and a growing percentage — nearly three-quarters — of people in detention have no criminal convictions.
Letter from #NJ migrant detainees says they feel ‘kidnapped' without justification
https://newjerseymonitor.com/2026/02/05/detainees-nj-migrant-jail-letter/
> The letter was written by an Ecuadorian detainee and 24 others who were arrested by federal #immigration authorities.
Don’t you be ridin’ the fence now. Pick a side: justice or genocide
#blackhistorymonth2026
#blackhistory #blackhistorymonth
#racism #blackmastodon #protest
#racialcapitalism #resistance #decolonize #humanrights #civilrights
@blackvoices #freespeech #censorship #fuckICE #abolishice #Minnesota #lgbtqia @workersrights #poverty #immigration #indigenous @indigenouspeoples @democracy
"The experience motivated the two Rice University students to create a digital map documenting U.S. Immigration Customs Agency activity, and awareness around their project has been growing since it went live in June."
"The experience motivated the two Rice University students to create a digital map documenting U.S. Immigration Customs Agency activity, and awareness around their project has been growing since it went live in June."
The Constitution's supremacy clause bars local interference with federal officers when they act reasonably, within the scope of their duties.
But when agents cross that line, experts said, there's an obligation to try to hold them accountable.
https://www.propublica.org/article/why-local-state-police-rarely-investigate-ice-cbp-fbi?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News #Police #CBP #ICE #FBI #Law #Constitution #USPolitics #Immigration
