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FadedMullet

(644 posts) Tue Dec 23, 2025, 07:36 PM Tuesday

Call me "Pollyanna" but I see an upside to the "Ice" immigration raids and attempts at sending in the...... [View all]

......National Guard to protect them. I love the fact that regular people are confronting the agents and protecting and hiding the immigrants and, maybe even more surprising, some states are fighting back and even passing laws to stop the roundups and police force cooperation. This gives lie to the fiction that Trump encourages that we all want these folks to kicked out as they are all "rapists and murderers".

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Call me "Pollyanna" but I see an upside to the "Ice" immigration raids and attempts at sending in the...... [View all] FadedMullet Tuesday OP

Supreme court said today the national guard can't come to Chicago . But, will they ignore them? mucifer Tuesday #1

Small silver lining is resistance mr715 Tuesday #2

Meanwhile, thousands of people have had their lives destroyed. Organizing is always valuable but "upside" is not WhiskeyGrinder Tuesday #3

You're right about "upside". I meant to go on to say that the realization that there was more support for immigrants.... FadedMullet Tuesday #6

Meanwhile, the cost of this policy is borne by those who can least afford it. Ms. Toad Tuesday #4

They always go too far CanonRay Tuesday #5

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