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"Trump’s plans for vast migrant prison camps are hitting angry opposition in unlikely places: in a deep red, partly rural county in Virginia; among Republican officials in other states; and even in Mississippi, where a GOP senator has come out against a planned camp there. ...

I want to go to Quinnipiac polling for a second. There’s a new poll out—it’s really remarkable."

~ Greg Sargent

#Trump #Republicans #ICE #immigrants #violence #prisons #ApprovalRating
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https://newrepublic.com/article/206167/trump-reveals-hint-panic-ice-prison-camps-anger-maga-country

The New Republic

Trump Reveals Hint of Panic on ICE as Prison Camps Anger MAGA Country

As Trump’s planned ICE detention camps face resistance in unlikely places, a sharp observer of Democrats explains how this moment is handing them a major opportunity to seize control of this debate.

William Lindsey :toad:

@wdlindsy@toad.social replied · 14 hours ago

"We are now 150 days since the U.S. Supreme Court unleashed this racist enforcement tool [i.e., Kavanaugh stops], and the consequences are everywhere."

~ Chris Geidner

#Trump #ICE #immigrants #MaskedThugs #KavanaughStops #racism #violence
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https://www.lawdork.com/p/150-days-of-kavanaugh-stops-minnesota

150 days of Kavanaugh stops, and it just keeps getting worse

Kavanaugh stops would always be bad. As a tool in the Trump administration's authoritarianism arsenal, they are worse. The consequences are everywhere.

William Lindsey :toad:

@wdlindsy@toad.social replied · 14 hours ago

"By now you’ve heard about Julie Le, the ICE lawyer temporarily serving in (and now reassigned away from) the Minnesota US Attorney’s office to deal with the flood of paperwork in the wake of the invasion, who begged a judge to hold her in contempt so she could get some sleep."

~ Marcy Wheeler

#Trump #ICE #MaskedThugs #Minnesota #immigrants #kidnappings #JulieLe
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https://emptywheel.net/the-minnesota-lawyer-backlog-arises-from-ice-kidnappings/

emptywheel

The Minnesota Lawyer Backlog Arises from ICE Kidnappings - emptywheel

The reason -- at least one reason -- ICE is having such a difficult time following judicial instructions in Minnesota is because ICE is snatching so many people illegally.

William Lindsey :toad:

@wdlindsy@toad.social replied · 14 hours ago

"The fuller context of her statement captures her frustration with her unsuccessful efforts to get ICE prisoners released. ...

The problem here is not just that ICE is blowing off judicial orders.

The problem is that there are so many orders because the detentions are illegal in the first place."

#Trump #ICE #MaskedThugs #Minnesota #immigrants #kidnappings #JulieLe
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William Lindsey :toad:

@wdlindsy@toad.social replied · 14 hours ago

"The transcript of Tuesday’s hearing in Minnesota federal court in which one overwhelmed government attorney begged to be held in contempt so she could finally get some sleep is worth reading as a window into chaos inside the Trump administration."

~ David Kurtz

#Trump #ICE #MaskedThugs #Minnesota #immigrants #kidnappings #JulieLe
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https://morningmemo.talkingpointsmemo.com/p/the-upside-down-world-of-the-buffoonish

The Upside Down World of the Buffoonish Ed Martin

INSIDE: Todd Blanche ... Tulsi Gabbard ... Steve Bannon

William Lindsey :toad:

@wdlindsy@toad.social replied · 14 hours ago

I want to go to Quinnipiac polling for a second. There’s a new poll out—it’s really remarkable."

~ Greg Sargent

#Trump #Republicans #ICE #immigrants #violence #prisons #ApprovalRating
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https://newrepublic.com/article/206167/trump-reveals-hint-panic-ice-prison-camps-anger-maga-country

The New Republic

Trump Reveals Hint of Panic on ICE as Prison Camps Anger MAGA Country

William Lindsey :toad:

@wdlindsy@toad.social replied · 14 hours ago

"Trump’s plans forHere are some findings: 63% of American voters disapprove of how ICE is enforcing immigration laws. 60% say ICE should withdraw from Minneapolis. 61% say ICE agents should be prohibited from wearing masks.

A majority, 51%, say the federal government should provide less funding for ICE—'Defund ICE' [is the] majority position now.

#Trump #Republicans #ICE #immigrants #MaskedThugs #violence #prisons #ApprovalRating #DefundICE
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