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Ocelot II

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5. Riddle me this: Why are large numbers of heavily-armed paramilitary goons needed
Sat Jan 17, 2026, 06:15 PM
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to combat the white-collar crime of fraud, whether committed by immigrants or citizens? Fraud investigations are normally carried out by the FBI's forensic accountants and other bean-counter types, which is exactly what was done wrt MN's Feeding Our Future welfare fraud cases. There were paper trails, as there always are in such cases, and the books were examined, the fraud was discovered and the crooks - none of whom were undocumented immigrants - were prosecuted. It was not necessary for armed ICE agents to storm people's homes or snatch suspects off the streets. And now the US Attorney who prosecuted the cases and who knows how to do fraud prosecutions better than anyone, has quit in protest because he was told to prosecute Renee Good's widow!

None of this has anything to do with fraud.

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We in NM have been wondering when they might show up ALBliberal Saturday #1
Possibly tomorrow desertrat505 Saturday #6
Thanks for info ALBliberal Saturday #10
ICE in NM lindalou65 Saturday #16
Appreciate the information so much ALBliberal Saturday #20
Good luck with that, Donnie... regnaD kciN Saturday #2
It's less about fearing they can literally occupy all that territory SamuelTheThird Saturday #3
The only exception would be Insurrection Act then Martial Law. Technically they could start shooting with either Cheezoholic Saturday #7
70+ marked ICE vehicles currently in KC xmas74 Saturday #4
Riddle me this: Why are large numbers of heavily-armed paramilitary goons needed Ocelot II Saturday #5
I cannot believe judges are not putting bluestarone Saturday #8
Ne Yorker here edhopper Saturday #9
Californian here! We'll join you! Initech Saturday #13
We could put edhopper Saturday #14
This message was self-deleted by its author desertrat505 Saturday #11
"POTUS loves Minnesota and the people." Initech Saturday #12
He could, but only when his diaper is off. Jack Valentino Saturday #19
Tom Paine's bones struggle4progress Saturday #15
Let me tell you something about NYC mr715 Saturday #17
He might target Albany SamuelTheThird Sunday #21
Sounds like the Trump administration: "The fraud is so blatant and widespread that it's a good place to start, but it's Jack Valentino Saturday #18
This message was self-deleted by its author Prairie_Seagull Sunday #22
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