cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/42585201

Updated 7:53 AM EST, Feb. 1, 2026

GREELEY, Colo (AP) — Like many Donald Trump voters, Miranda Niedermeier is not opposed to immigration enforcement. She was heartened by initial moves from the Republican president in his second term that she saw as targeting immigrants who were in the United States illegally and had committed crimes.

But Niedermeier, 35, has steadily become disillusioned with Trump. Never more so than in recent weeks, when federal immigration officers killed two U.S. citizens during Trump’scrackdownin Minneapolis.

“In the beginning, they were getting criminals, but now they’re tearing people out of immigration proceedings, looking for the tiniest traffic infraction” to deport someone, said Niedermeier. She said she is horrified because the administration’s approach is not Christian.

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    If only there had been signs. Oh well i guess live and learn

    • CharlesDarwin
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      Exactly. What do these dipshits think “mass deportation” even means?

      Same thing when it comes to Donvict talking about “retribution”. Do they think this vapid windbag is going to do something for them? Or is he just out to settle personal scores?

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    “He should cool it on immigration,” said Edgar Cautle, a 30-year-old Mexican American oil field worker who said he is a Trump fan but is increasingly distressed by images of immigration agents detaining children and splitting families apart. “It’s making people not like him.”

    No shit, Einstein. All of this was easily foreseen before you helped vote him into office. I hope this guy gets to enjoy interacting with Trump’s gestapo, as they ignore the “American” part of Mexican American. What a moron.

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      Probably only a matter of time before that dude gets laid off too. Oil & gas jobs have been getting hit hard since trump took office

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    It’s odd that ICE has not invaded the Denver metro, it’s perfectly suited for their attempts at disruption. Lots of immigrants, trending harder and harder left, full of educated people, and completely surrounded by states much more conservative.

    If I were Latino in Colorado, I’d run for safety, too. Imagine just living your life and suddenly someone smashes in the car window because your skin color is too dark, and then you might disappear into a detention center somewhere untrackable, where you can explain to everyone that you are “one of the good ones”. Only that nobody listens.

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    Does anyone else wish there was a slap-a-gram service?