ICE Offering 'Citizens Academy' Course with Training on Arresting Immigrants

[WhiteTara]

Source: Newsweek

he U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agency is set to launch a six-week "Citizens Academy" course on immigration enforcement, which will include training for citizens on how to arrest undocumented immigrants.

A letter published online by The St. Louis Inter-Faith Committee on Latin America (IFCLA) appears to show ICE Chicago Field Office Director Robert Guadian inviting shareholders to participate in the course, which includes six days of training over a six-week period starting in September.

"You have been identified as a valued member of the community who may have interest in participating in the inaugural class of the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) Chicago Citizens Academy," the letter states.

Noting that the program is "the first of its kind," Guadian states that the program will "serve as a pilot for nationwide implementation."

During the training, stakeholders would receive training on a number of "facets and responsibilities of ICE/ERO operations," he says.

Included in the course would be training in "defensive tactics, firearms familiarization and targeted arrests."

The training would be "scenario-based," he states, adding that exercises would be "conducted in a safe and positive environment."

Read more: https://www.newsweek.com/ice-launching-citizens-academy-course-how-agency-arrests-immigrants-1516656

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what could go wrong with this?

[northoftheborder]

1. This is the worst idea I've heard of, maybe ever. Who thought this up?

[aggiesal]

14. I'll bet it was Stephen Miller ...

This just smells like his handiwork.

[Igel]

47. If that's the worst idea, you haven't been listening.

For the last week. Month. Year. Decade.

Daily I see new examples of "worst idea I've ever heard of."

Did I say I don't get out much, and for 10 hours a day I seem to be busy doing stuff that leaves me wishing I could bash my head against a wall?

A wall that has a railroad spike mounted in it at forehead level?

And, still, daily I see ...

[Crowman2009]

2. First priority on Jan. 2021: ABOLISH ICE!

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There is no leeway at this point. This gang of racist thugs need to be fired!

[onetexan]

45. K&R!!

[BamaRefugee]

3. Looks like trump has just opened hunting season on humans. There WILL BE SHOOTINGS.

[Auggie]

18. Yes

[Johnyawl]

27. He's opened hunting season on hispanics and asians...

...and anybody with an accent.

[niyad]

41. This is merely the next phase. Think of his campaign rhetoric. The russian bounties onour

Military. Etc. etc.

[Hoyt]

4. Christ. Every militiaman, Karen, trumpster, gun-humper, etc., will proudly display their certificate

[PSPS]

5. "the vigilante lifestyle"

Speaking with Newsweek on Thursday, however, Chicago Congressman Jesús 'Chuy' García said he was disturbed by the program, which he fears will lead to racial profiling, surveillance and potential violence.

...

The six-week course, García said, appeared to be "inviting people to become an extension of ICE... to possibly surveil their neighbors who might be undocumented."

He also feared that the invitation might appeal to "right-wing individuals who might like the vigilante lifestyle," which could lead to potential violence.

...

"Absolutely. When you incite people with hateful and intolerant rhetoric for four years and you ratchet things up, especially if the polls show you're behind or struggling you can become reckless and that's my fear," he said, appearing to refer to President Donald Trump's current struggle in the polls.

People who share in the president's "beliefs about immigration," he said, could be drawn to the program and feel that they are being given a license to profile, surveil and potentially attack community members.

[aggiesal]

15. He fears? ...

No doubt this will lead to racial profiling, surveillance and potential violence

That's a certainty

[cos dem]

6. Anyone who signs up gets a free brown shirt.

[ArizonaLib]

7. Evangelicals hunting brown people for fun - what could go wrong?

Why can they afford to round up and house hard working brown people but can't afford to provide food and housing for the homeless?

Who would Jesus feed and house: Brown families they will deport or the homeless? If only there were a book widely available where we could search for answer.....

[grumpyduck]

8. ICE needs to go.

We don't need a fucking Sturmabteilung or Geheime Staatspolizei here. What's next, a Kristallnacht?

[ashredux]

17. Yes..

[bucolic_frolic]

9. Posse Comitatus

https://www.northcom.mil/Newsroom/Fact-Sheets/Article-View/Article/563993/the-posse-comitatus-act/

I'm looking for exceptions where this might fit, but not finding it. Maybe you need an act of Congress to deputize citizens?

This makes no sense to me. You might as well declare stand your ground no matter where you are.

[Hassin Bin Sober]

10. Does ICE provide a brown shirt or do you have to buy your own?

[sandensea]

11. 'Citizens Academy' What's that? A sequel to Police Academy?

[Maraya1969]

12. I hope some decent Americans take the course just to report back what they are

teaching.

[aggiesal]

13. What could possibly go wrong with this? ...

Just another place to put racists in charge so that do a dick measuring contest.

[ashredux]

16. Trump's new Brownshirts

There will be blood...

[Initech]

19. What could go wrong?

[barbtries]

20. they never fucking sleep

thinking up these dastardly plans.
aargh

#AbolishICE

[Smackdown2019]

21. DumbF#@KS

DumbF#@KS will most likely shoot their toes off or wander across into Mexico and arrest Mexican Farmers on their property. This is not 1866, it is 2020 crying out loud!

[stillcool]

22. Not for nothing....but..

Link to tweet

/photo/1

[WhiteTara]

25. That's even more alarming

Are they planning on invading Mexico?

[stillcool]

31. scared me...

unfortunately, their little show at Lafayette Park put all my doubts to rest. Anything is possible...and there was the Mexican President's visit yesterday. Lot of planning for something using 4,000 military troops in October. I don't think it's a parade

[TeamPooka]

32. Trump will "spontaneously" send troops to the border in OCT as an Oct Surprise move

for a "sudden" problem there.
More "Be afraid white people" shit.

[Mr.Bill]

36. That's been done before. n/t

[Flaleftist]

42. They tried the border scare in 2016. It didn't work.

[BamaRefugee]

44. The infamous "October Surprise" is afoot. There will be more.

[wiggs]

23. horrific. nt

[BlueIdaho]

24. That's it...

Without a doubt the whole organization needs to be disbanded and all employees barred from any further federal employment.

[Dem2theMax]

26. What could go wrong?

Everything. And everything will go wrong.
This will end in deaths.

[Frances]

28. I think they want to intimidate Hispanics

So they will be afraid some nut will shoot them if they try to vote
Voter suppression

[intheflow]

55. Ping, ping, ping! We have a winner!

Voter suppression, for sure. I think Portland is a test ground. They're planning massive voter intimidation on Election Day, and this is how they recruit their "troops." I think they'll be all along the Mexican border, as well as major cities in blue areas that are surrounded by seas of red (NOLA, Denver, St. Paul, DC, Atlanta, etc.). There's gonna be a lot of people waiting hours at polling places while twitchy, obnoxious, heavily-armed white men and their loud-mouthed, fouled-mouthed womenfolk menacingly pace around them.

[Mr.Bill]

29. Our Sheriff's office has Citizen's Academy classes from time to time.

I attended one about ten years ago. It was one night a week for 16 weeks. It was very informative and interesting. In no way did it include instructing citizens to perform or assist with police functions.

[TeamPooka]

30. How about a course for citizen arresting police and ICE that break the law?

[docgee]

33. I tried to research this and found it was started in 2012.

It's like a community outreach program showing people what they want them to think they do.

Now maybe this is a new Stephen Miller special, but I'm not finding much else about it.

[WhiteTara]

37. I was so skeptical, but it's a reputable source

It sounds like something Miller would cook up.

[Mr.Bill]

39. If you read the whole article (not saying you didn't)

it's about a common community outreach program run by various law enforcement agencies and how one Latino Congressman if freaking out about it and making all kinds of assumptions.

[Sapient Donkey]

46. I just saw this on twitter and I searched for it and turned up here.

I'm trying to find the actual letter. This just sounds too ridiculous, and I got the sense that it sounds more like an outreach thing based on the latter part of the article. I want to see the original letter and go from there. While this may seem crazy insane for a more normal administration, it doesn't seem impossible with this one. I hope this isn't accurate, because if it is, then this is pretty damn scary.

[intheflow]

56. Edited, b/c snopes is on it and found the purported invitation letter.

It's included in a Daily Mail article:
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8503219/ICE-offer-class-Chicago-undocumented-immigrants-detained-removed-U-S.html

Here's the link to the snopes page: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/ice-citizens-academy-civilians/

[Sapient Donkey]

58. I am not a fan of this idea even if it's not exactly how it was presented

I don't really understand the reasoning behind showing off arrests, raids, and firearm shows. The people who will be attracted to that could easily get the wrong idea about the intent.

[pazzyanne]

34. Brown shirts in the making! nt

[world wide wally]

35. Enough of the bullshit already.

NO WAY this should be allowed to happen in America

[Greywing]

38. It is well past time ICE be abolished ...

Boundaries have been over stepped.

[dixiegrrrrl]

40. ICE has shareholders?????

inviting shareholders to participate in the course,

[intheflow]

57. I work in a public library.

We sometimes refer to our patron-citizens as community shareholders. The term is not necessarily exclusive to boards of directors, though given ICE has been taken over by GOP ideology, it's probably referring to donors who plan to arm these Citizen's Academy grads just in time for the election.

[Kashkakat v.2.0]

43. Ive been wonderin where the racist serial killer cops who get fired from their

police depts will go - here's one answrer....

[vsrazdem]

48. These people will not have qualified immunity. They better think twice about trying this.

I would love to see them get carried away, violate someone's rights and have these shareholders personally sued.

[SKKY]

49. Holy 1984 Batman!

[rpannier]

50. This... will end badly

[keithbvadu2]

51. Just stop checking/testing for immigration status.

[keithbvadu2]

52. Border patrol militia members kill 9 y/o girl to support their cause.

https://tucson.com/news/local/crime/forde-gets-death-sentence-in-killing-of-girl-dad/article_6283c582-3eb6-11e0-870f-001cc4c03286.html

Border patrol militia members kill 9 y/o girl to support their cause.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murders_of_Raul_and_Brisenia_Flores

[ucrdem]

53. Wasn't there just a movie with this plot?

I remember seeing a trailer recently and thinking "that's one I'll be happy to miss"

[ucrdem]

54. Here it is, "The Hunt":

Apparently it's some kind of satire but the trailer I saw made it look like a thriller. Whether it ever appeared anywhere I don't know.