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A mayor claims Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers arrested a U.S. citizen who served in the military during a raid just days into President Donald Trumps promised mass deportation operation.
The ICE officers also didnt have a warrant during the raid in Newark, New Jersey in plain violation of the Fourth Amendment, Newark Mayor Ras J. Baraka said in a statement.
About 10 or 12 ICE agents raided a seafood wholesaler and restaurant on Thursday and arrested three people, including the Puerto Rican warehouse manager, Ocean Food Depot owner Luis Janota told PIX11 news. Puerto Ricans are U.S. citizens.
I asked [the agents] what documentation they were looking for, and they said it was a license or a passport. I thought, who walks around with a passport? Janota told PIX11, noting that the agents didnt ask him for his white workers documentation.
One of the guys was a military veteran, and the way he looked to me was because he was Hispanic. He is Puerto Rican and the manager of our warehouse, he said. It looked to me like they were specifically going after certain kinds of peoplenot every kind, because they did not ask me for documentation or my American workers, Portuguese workers, or white workers.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/mayor-rages-as-trumps-much-hyped-ice-raids-nab-us-military-vet/
Working while Hispanic? Got it.
underpants
(188,065 posts)Can vee zee your papers?
Jilly_in_VA
(11,411 posts)Now I gotta worry about him too? JFRC!
Kid Berwyn
(18,897 posts)Thanks, Putin. I mean, Trump.
underpants
(188,065 posts)I thought, who walks around with a passport?
This from New Mexico
https://www.democraticunderground.com/10143380564
Federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents questioned a Mescalero Apache tribal member Wednesday and asked for a passport, according to Mescalero Apache President Thora Walsh-Padilla.
While this is the only incident we have been able to verify, Tribal leadership is actively working with the New Mexico Congressional Delegation to ensure that the rights of Tribal Members are protected, Walsh-Padilla said in the statement. To be safe, be aware of your surroundings, let family members/friends know where you are, and keep identification with you at all times.
ancianita
(39,260 posts)This totalitarian oligarchy is out to chip away at the American electorate as Elon's Starlink will continue to void votes in the next election as in the last.
underpants
(188,065 posts)Last edited Sat Jan 25, 2025, 10:52 AM - Edit history (1)
My application got denied because the birth certificate wasnt the correct copy. 🙄
My wife got hers last week.
https://www.democraticunderground.com/100219919503
ancianita
(39,260 posts)A state's sloppy record keeping is kinda nuts. When you were born the state messed up and now you have to wait for them to fix the problem they made. Good luck. At least you've got all kinds of other I.D. that corroborate your existence.
Jilly_in_VA
(11,411 posts)Checked for an update on Friday. Feb 14 is the date I was given, This is expedited? Oh well. Just hope it comes through by then. And I look perfectly white bread but I'm not taking any chances.
underpants
(188,065 posts)18 from when they received it at State Department
Jilly_in_VA
(11,411 posts)Do I trust this State Department? I do not.
underpants
(188,065 posts)I hadnt thought about that.
uponit7771
(92,231 posts)NickB79
(19,721 posts)And our teenage daughter looks a lot like her mother, not so much like me.