Where was he born? What is his name? Who is his mother? Who is his father?

“I told them, they are dead,” Cruz said. The agents said they needed the information anyway so they could look him up in their databases. Eventually, the agents verified that he is, in fact, legally in the country. And they let him go.

But not before writing him a $130 ticket for not having his papers. Cruz’s friend, who is homeless, did not have legal status and was taken away by the feds.

    • foggy
      519·
      2 months ago

      Which is why we have the 4th amendment.

      Edit: dumpster fire beyond this point. I am employing a zero tolerance blocking policy for non-sequitur doomer bullshit. It doesn’t create a conversation, it just capitulates to fascism. I’ve got no room for you in my online spaces.

      • SpaceNoodle
        4610·
        2 months ago

        Oh cute, you think The Constitution still matters to those in power

          • lengau@midwest.social
            312·
            2 months ago

            I think it’s pretty clear that many in power don’t believe the constitution applies to them. That’s not doomerism, because my answer isn’t “therefore we must give up.”

          • ccunning
            75·
            2 months ago

            But if we surrender in advance things will be better for us…🤪

            • foggy
              35·
              2 months ago

              Who the fuck said anything about surrendering anything?

                • foggy
                  47·
                  2 months ago

                  My bad. This thread has me feeling like I’m taking crazy pills.

                  Sick of the insane amount of doomer bullshit o Lemmy.

        • foggy
          38·
          2 months ago

          More doomer bullshit.

          Just blocking this nonsense at this point. Bye!

      • knight@lemmy.zip
        43·
        2 months ago

        The 4th has been nullified by the Supreme Court. Look up the case Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem v. Vasquez Perdomo.

          • kbobabob@lemmy.dbzer0.com
            83·
            2 months ago

            Laws only work if they are upheld. Burying your head in the sand and pretending like this shit isn’t happening won’t fix it.

              • falseWhite
                42·
                2 months ago

                Read a book

                How about you look around instead and see what’s happening in America and how it’s becoming fascist.

                Or you can read that in history books in 50 years.

  • oddlyqueer@lemmy.ml
    29·
    2 months ago

    It makes me sick to think about how these people who slip through and talk to the press are just the tip of the iceberg. How many people have just disappeared without a trace? Are they in concentration camps, labor camps, death camps? I don’t know if we’ll ever have a complete picture of what’s happening, but what we already know is heartbreaking. Fuck this.

    • DesertMagma
      7·
      2 months ago

      When you were young in the USA, how many times did they hammer home the message “America is the land of the free. You will never be asked to show your papers here. Thats the difference between us and them.” ? Clearly not the “greatness” the GOP has in mind.

  • LoafedBurrito
    9·
    2 months ago

    Trumps gestapo doing a great job at violating so many citizens rights.