Thanks for a balanced article. The agents conducting these ICE operations seem to be equipped more military than paramilitary....armed with the most up-to-date battlefield / wartime grade long arms, laser sites, flash/sound suppressors and other war time tactical gear.... worn while inter…
By all appearances these agents are improperly screened for disciplined police work and also insufficiently trained. One top of that heir supervisors and the heads of other federal law enforcement agencies, and the administration, are spring loaded to defend agent conduct no matter how he…
Reporter Peter Pinedo, FOX News, 2024, lightly redacted:
"Obama oversaw approximately 5,248,413 returns and removals of illegal migrants during his eight years in office, gaining the nickname "Deporter in Chief".
Obama’s DHS carried out approximately 3,175,696 returns and remo…
There are so many.....Lest we forget this one, a standout - NYT - "Last week, President Trump issued yet another pardon that’s corrosive to the rule of law — this one to Representative Henry Cuellar, a Texas Democrat who was awaiting trial on federal bribery charges. This pardon was excep…
Thank You...... turn the clock back some more to another leader who played on division, fear and hatred to shepherd his supporters and demolish the country's democratic institutions. An alarming difference between Hitler's Germany in the 1930's and MAGA America today is the level of forei…
Yes, what the U.S. needs is an immigration enforcement program that deports the actual wall jumpers and criminal illegals, meaning those who have committed serious crimes and/or those who actually entered the country illegally. Currently our deportation net includes targeting people who a…
Thank You. On Nov 4th the NYT editorial board penned a piece - "In Trump's America, Are we Losing Our Democracy?" Examining a dozen categories of conduct we have never seen before in America, (such as posting political signs in our national forests in direct violation of the Hatch Act); a…
Its a given the opposing party has always objected to any president's White House changes. Members of recent past Republican and Democrat administrations agree that holding state dinners in tents on the White House lawn and helipad with porta potties for distinguished guests in tuxedoes a…
It seems incongruous that while the military is focusing on brawning up, this administration's ICE physical fitness standards are apparently trending in the opposite direction. The Atlantic reported that ICE trainers at the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center (FLETC) have coined a new…
U.S Immigration law is second only to the income tax code in legal complexity. Maybe we should start there to fix our system, so skilled or unskilled people our county wants or needs can easily come and go to work in the U.S. in legal status, and then focus our agents on preventing the en…
ssmith commented on Carolyn Castellucci: The killing by ICE of Alex Pretti cannot be ignored
Thanks for a balanced article. The agents conducting these ICE operations seem to be equipped more military than paramilitary....armed with the most up-to-date battlefield / wartime grade long arms, laser sites, flash/sound suppressors and other war time tactical gear.... worn while inter…
ssmith commented on Anne Glavin: We now hear police chiefs, like me, condemn ICE tactics
By all appearances these agents are improperly screened for disciplined police work and also insufficiently trained. One top of that heir supervisors and the heads of other federal law enforcement agencies, and the administration, are spring loaded to defend agent conduct no matter how he…
ssmith commented on Elizabeth Kelsea: What about the women killed by illegal immigrants?
Reporter Peter Pinedo, FOX News, 2024, lightly redacted:
"Obama oversaw approximately 5,248,413 returns and removals of illegal migrants during his eight years in office, gaining the nickname "Deporter in Chief".
Obama’s DHS carried out approximately 3,175,696 returns and remo…
ssmith commented on Walter Davis Who is Trump pardoning? Criminals and corrupt officials
There are so many.....Lest we forget this one, a standout - NYT - "Last week, President Trump issued yet another pardon that’s corrosive to the rule of law — this one to Representative Henry Cuellar, a Texas Democrat who was awaiting trial on federal bribery charges. This pardon was excep…
ssmith commented on Rena Wright: Trump is strong arming countries, colleges even museums
Thank You...... turn the clock back some more to another leader who played on division, fear and hatred to shepherd his supporters and demolish the country's democratic institutions. An alarming difference between Hitler's Germany in the 1930's and MAGA America today is the level of forei…
ssmith commented on Peter Hill: One way or another we pay for health care of illegals
Yes, what the U.S. needs is an immigration enforcement program that deports the actual wall jumpers and criminal illegals, meaning those who have committed serious crimes and/or those who actually entered the country illegally. Currently our deportation net includes targeting people who a…
ssmith commented on Annita Burroughs: Feeling the Shutdown
Thank You. On Nov 4th the NYT editorial board penned a piece - "In Trump's America, Are we Losing Our Democracy?" Examining a dozen categories of conduct we have never seen before in America, (such as posting political signs in our national forests in direct violation of the Hatch Act); a…
ssmith commented on David Wilkins: Demolition photos of East Wing are heartbreaking?
Its a given the opposing party has always objected to any president's White House changes. Members of recent past Republican and Democrat administrations agree that holding state dinners in tents on the White House lawn and helipad with porta potties for distinguished guests in tuxedoes a…
ssmith commented on Susan Rheault: Defense Department sadly choosing brawn over brains
It seems incongruous that while the military is focusing on brawning up, this administration's ICE physical fitness standards are apparently trending in the opposite direction. The Atlantic reported that ICE trainers at the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center (FLETC) have coined a new…
ssmith commented on Jim Petrangelo: It's simple, either we follow the rule of law or we don't
U.S Immigration law is second only to the income tax code in legal complexity. Maybe we should start there to fix our system, so skilled or unskilled people our county wants or needs can easily come and go to work in the U.S. in legal status, and then focus our agents on preventing the en…