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no_hypocrisy

(54,566 posts)
Wed Jan 14, 2026, 05:03 AM Jan 14

ICE post-Trump:

Say there's a Democrat in the WH and a democratic majority in the House, maybe the Senate.

A new Sheriff in Town.

The funds are cut off for ICE. Hundreds, maybe thousands of ICE without salaries, without an outlet for their animosity, hatred, and energy. Cut loose.

Will they become the new American Freikorps? * IOW, will they unleash violence at will, to protest the new administration?

* In the aftermath of World War I and during the German Revolution of 1918–19, Freikorps, consisting partially of World War I veterans, were raised as paramilitary militias. They were ostensibly mustered to fight on behalf of the government against the German communists attempting to overthrow the Weimar Republic. However, many Freikorps also largely despised the Republic and were involved in assassinations of its supporters, later aiding the Nazis in their rise to power. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freikorps

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ICE post-Trump: (Original Post) no_hypocrisy Jan 14 OP
We need to disband ICE and restore INS. RandySF Jan 14 #1
Send 'em to Cecot PuraVidaDreamin Jan 14 #2
Afterward... 2naSalit Jan 14 #3
Lawyers will make even more money. The Madcap Jan 14 #4

2naSalit

(100,980 posts)
3. Afterward...
Wed Jan 14, 2026, 06:12 AM
Jan 14

Should not exist. And all participants in this time frame need to be rounded up (again) and put somewhere off the continent.

The Madcap

(1,824 posts)
4. Lawyers will make even more money.
Wed Jan 14, 2026, 07:13 AM
Jan 14

If that leaked list is authentic, one would hope to see lots of trials as well as ostracism by their neighbors.

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