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“What’s in a name?”
[T]he U.S. president endorsed a conservative influencer’s idea to change the name of the federal agency from Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to National Immigration and Customs Enforcement (NICE). From Harper’s Weekly Review.
Posted in Fascism, Government, Immigration, Journalism, MAGA, News media, police violence, The Facts of Life, Trumpism
Tagged Harper's, ICE, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, NICE, Trump
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Aristides de Sousa Mendes, a hero for our time
Remember when Sally Yates was fired for defying a president and news media figures immediately invoked Richard Nixon’s “Saturday night massacre?” I, too, thought of Nixon, for a moment. But then it was another man, a radiant embodiment of resistance … Continue reading
Posted in Politics, The Facts of Life
Tagged Aristides de Sousa Mendes, Austrian Hapsburg family, Bordeaux France in 1940, Border Control, Chaim Kruger, Department of Homeland Security, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, John Kelly, Maurice Papon, Portugal Salazar government, Portuguese consulate in Bordeaux, Robert Montgomery, Salazar's Circular 14, Sally Yates, Saturday night massacre, Trump Executive Orders, Vichy government, Yad Vashem Righteous
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A statute of limitations makes me boiling mad
Look at this: Disturbing’ False Arrest Claim by US Citizen Against ICE Time-Barred, Divided Panel Says Andrew Denney, New York Law Journal August 2, 2017 A U.S. citizen who was held in custody for more than three years under … Continue reading
Posted in Law, suits and order
Tagged civil rights, ICE, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, US citizenship, wrongful arrest and imprisonment
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