Trump vows mass immigration arrests, removals of 'millions of illegal aliens' starting next week

[teach1st]

Source: Washington Post

President Trump said in a tweet Monday night that U.S. immigration agents are planning to make mass arrests starting “next week,” an apparent reference to a plan in preparation for months that aims to round up thousands of migrant parents and children in a blitz operation across major U.S. cities.

“Next week ICE will begin the process of removing the millions of illegal aliens who have illicitly found their way into the United States,” Trump wrote, referring to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. “They will be removed as fast as they come in.”

Large-scale ICE enforcement operations are typically kept secret to avoid tipping off targets. In 2018, Trump and other senior officials threatened the mayor of Oakland, Calif., with criminal prosecution for alerting city residents that immigration raids were in the works.

Trump and his senior immigration adviser, Stephen Miller, have been prodding Homeland Security officials to arrest and remove thousands of family members whose deportation orders were expedited by the Justice Department this year as part of a plan known as the “rocket docket.”

Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/trump-vows-mass-immigration-arrests-removals-of-millions-of-illegal-aliens-starting-next-week/2019/06/17/4e366f5e-916d-11e9-aadb-74e6b2b46f6a_story.html

[Botany]

1. Fine why don't they start @ Trump's golf courses

https://www.nj.com/news/2019/02/this-golf-course-was-built-by-illegals-trumps-nj-course-hired-undocumented-workers-for-years-report-says.html

‘This golf course was built by illegals.’ Trump’s N.J. club hired undocumented workers for years, report says


Latin American counties, including six from the same town on Costa Rica’s tallest mountain, who said they had worked at Trump National Golf Club in Bedminster, the report said. Most said they used fake Social Security cards and working papers they purchased in Bound Brook and neighboring towns, but their supervisors were aware of their illegal status.

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The Washington Post said the newspaper obtained a police report showing Trump National’s head of security was told in 2011 about an employee suspected of using false identification papers. That is the first known documentation that the Trump organization was warned it was hiring immigrants living in the country illegally.

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The Trump Organization said in December it was unaware any of its employees were undocumented immigrants.

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“Most importantly, the story reflects what can no longer be denied: the Trump enterprise at Bedminster is the tip of a criminal enterprise that must be investigated and the workers who were fired are witnesses to a crime and must be extended protection. For decades, the Trumps have knowingly and willfully exploited undocumented workers and gained from their backbreaking work while at the same time characterizing immigrants as a dangerous menace to America,” said Anibal Romero, a New Jersey lawyer who said he represents 25 undocumented former Trump employees.

[Sherman A1]

3. Precisely

An excellent place to start.

[Botany]

5. The Trump organization had a hand in and or new about the false documentation that their ....

.... employees had all the time.

BTW so who is gonna pick the American produce that is now coming to market?

[Sherman A1]

10. Who will pick the produce?

Don’t know the answer. I do know that a good chunk of the Midwest has been unable to plant grain this year, so expect higher prices on the products such as corn, wheat and alike.

[Botany]

37. "Undocumented workers make up 50% of all the farm labor."

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/illegal-immigrants-us-jobs-economy-farm-workers-taxes/

This is just hateful and cruel window dressing for his mouth breathing base.

[Sherman A1]

38. Agreed

It is just as you describe.

[SWBTATTReg]

45. You certainly have that right...a couple of years ago, they implemented a more resticted...

immigrant plan/process in Alabama, and afterwards, they've had serious issues in getting their crops out of the fields
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03/10/2017 03:44 pm ET
As the founder and CEO of Grow Alabama (Jerry Spencer), an organization that worked to promote the state’s farmers using a community-supported agriculture model, he witnessed firsthand how the passage of the state’s strict immigration law had hurt its farms.
Many Alabama farmers witnessed the abrupt departure of their workers, many of whom were undocumented immigrants that feared deportation. In their wake, many farmers — especially those who grew fresh produce like tomatoes and blueberries — were left without the workers they needed to harvest their crops. They tried hiring American workers and all but 3 workers were left after one month...
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Six years later, the pickers/farm laborers never returned. Alabama crops have never recovered. This has been magnified multiple times across the country as more and more states follow Alabama's example of stricter immigration policies. So, eventually this is going to cause inflation in our food crops that require some sort of manual intervention. In Alabama, the farmers shifted some of their crops to those that could be mechanically processed/handled, thus any crop that requires manual intervention is going to more than likely go up in price. The job market in this area is virtually unchanged (illegal immigrants, all gone, Americans picking the crops, pretty well zero). You could even argue that that in the long run, jobs were permanently lost due to the changing nature of the marketplace.

So, a big claim of this administration is that immigrants take our jobs. BS.

[Botany]

46. Funny those "illegals" were good enough to work on Trump's golf courses, hotels, & construction ...

... projects.

******
Farmers all over have been having to let some % of their crops rot because they have no pickers.

https://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Politics/2018/0622/US-farmers-desperate-for-help-increasingly-turn-to-Mexico

[greymattermom]

2. Not a good idea

during landscaping season in the south.

[LastLiberal in PalmSprings]

4. They should start with Melania.

In 2016 we were promised documentation showing she was here legally, but it was never produced. There was just a lot of conflicting information, and "Trust me, she's a citizen," statements from her attorney.

That's without mentioning that her parents got into the country via the "chain immigration" that Fat Donnie is always railing against.

[Sherman A1]

8. Now, now....

Those pesky rules don’t apply to Republicans and certainly not to The “Esteemed” Mr. Trump.....

[DBoon]

32. those pesky rules only apply to poor brown skinned people

and not affluent eastern Europeans

[Sherman A1]

36. Precisely

[jayschool2013]

39. U.S. Immigration Code Section 69

Reads:

"No person from a foreign country shall enter the U.S. without proper documentation, unless said person is a smoking-hot nude porn lesbian model willing to have sex with repugnant sandy-haired billionaires (even if they aren't rich, but only purport to be). References from Russia required."

[gordianot]

6. A classic Fascist move from the playbook.

I wonder if this time they also break windows?

[COLGATE4]

49. He could call it "MKGA" (Make Kristallnacht Great Again)

[BigOleDummy]

7. What the fuck ...

.. is wrong with these people ? Why so much hatred? That's all it is too. We as the opposition need to look at what is going on with very clear eyes. Who will be the new object , new targets of this kind of sick blind hatred after these poor people are gone?

[Sherman A1]

9. The hatred is always about money

Keep the masses fighting amongst themselves, blaming each other for each and every slight or problem and the 1% laughs all the way to their offshore bank.

[Cosmocat]

13. And

time after time after time, 35+% of the country cravenly falls for it, and demands that the rest of the country join them ...

[Sherman A1]

15. Yup

That is so very true.

[KY_EnviroGuy]

24. It's a known key element of fascism that requires a boogeyman.

Fascist must have an "other" to blame and point to in their dogma and rallies. It's also important that the "other" is an element of people that are economically and politically weak, otherwise they might hit back and kick your ass.

In this case, it also gives the GOP the luxury of appearing to represent law and order which is disingenuous bullshit.

Karma will someday come in revenge for Latino peoples in America........

[Achilleaze]

11. This republican* move will cause crops to rot in the fields, unharvested

Why do republicans keep undermining US security?

* under the misleadership of the ignoble and deceitful republican Draft-Dodger-in-Chief

[HopeAgain]

12. Trump knows what got him elected

...and what is his best chance to hold onto his base.

[SammyWinstonJack]

26. Exactly.

[Martin Eden]

14. Is he rounding up "rapists and M13 gangsters" ...

... or hardworking people and their families?

I get the feeling this is purposefully unnecessarily cruel.

And his base will love him for it.

[Scarsdale]

17. Meanwhile, the tRump

vineyard in California (?) is advertising for workers overseas. Promises of "special work permits" are offered. Seems the foreign workers are more productive than citizens, for a lot less money and no benefits. ANYONE works harder than a tRump, that is for sure.

[DBoon]

33. vineyard work is actually highly skilled

it is a myth that agricultural labor requires only brawn

[Scarsdale]

43. Can't people be trained?

Must not take too much skill to own one, since the tRump "boys" are in charge.

[maddiemom]

20. Consider that the ghoulish Stephen Miller is basically in charge here....

adding to Trump's overall dickishness. I hadn't realize that Miller was officially Trump's "senior immigration advisor." There is definitely something twisted in that man's head, especially considering his family background.

[riversedge]

22. Stephen Miller is an undocumented alien from deep Space

[get the red out]

28. That is insulting

to space aliens throughout the universe.

[Martin Eden]

27. Miller would have collaborated with the Nazis

Not just to survive, but because he admires them and wants power to do the same.

[COLGATE4]

50. Miller is prime Kapo material. All he needs is an armband

and a truncheon and he's good to go.

[lonely bird]

16. OK, I propose the following

Let us round up all the children of the Trumpists starting with his and send them out to pick fruit and vegetables when they are ready for harvest. Oh, and let’s pay them the same wage that the migrants get.

[Maxheader]

18. Thanks for sharing that dickhead...

Those immigrants have something you never will....Friends to help ...

[Aussie105]

19. Trump revisiting an old topic.

Honestly, workers from South of the border are so ingrained into the American economy, that removing a large proportion of them will have a severe impact.
Just about any low paid job that entitled white people of any age would not touch, is done by these workers.

I suspect Trump is just doing his usual magician's trick. He is up to something, and hides it behind something else. The serious stuff is hidden behind his frivolous topics - the Wall, undocumented southerners, no collusion, recognizing the sovereignty of Israel, Mueller's report vindicates him, etc, etc.

He has a whole list of distracting topics.

Question is, what nastiness is he scheming behind the smokescreen? War with Iran?

[Lonestarblue]

25. You are so right!

Many of the undocumented who have been here for years are necessary to the food chain in this country and, at least in my area, to the road repair crews, home construction, and landscape maintenance. This roundup does nothing to address the issue of the migrants from the Northern Triangle countries. Instead Trump cuts all economic aid and basically says they should just stay in their countries and be murdered or starve to death.

It’s past time to start impeachment hearings.

[LuckyLib]

56. Exactly right. Each and every day he stirs one of these

pots to keep us weary and the focus on himself

[True Blue American]

21. Is it time

To start comparing Trump to Henry The VIIIth? He would make a good one. Obese, mentally ill, young skirt chaser. Mean, cruel.

https://thebulwark.com/the-trump-kids-go-royal/

[Snake Plissken]

23. I still don't understand, why Trump's tweets are considered news, when almost all of them turn out

to be completely meaningless distractions

[keithbvadu2]

29. Starting with republican owned farms hiring illegals?

Starting with republican owned farms hiring illegals?

[riversedge]

30. This is going to be horrible for families. Horrible

[djacq]

31. Brush up on History;

[link:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gestapo?wprov=sfla1|

[rownesheck]

34. Go ahead.

Next Democratic president should force the roundup and mass arrests of right wing militia/terrorists.

[Ilsa]

35. Bullshit. Another distraction from the last stupid thing he said. nt

[Timmygoat]

41. He is reverting to his nazi ideas

Just like when the Nazis had a big purge of the jews, smashing up their stores, breaking all the windows etc (kristalnacht). That has always been regarded as one of the most evil regimes in history, god help us it is back!

[AllaN01Bear]

40. start with his green card wife .

when are they going to arrest the EMPLOYERS of these people also?

[George II]

42. Who is going to make those millions of arrests? ICE has only 20,000 employees.....

...These employees work in more than 40 states and 46 countries around the world.

There are probably less than 10,000 officers, so that would be 100 arrests PER OFFICER to get to just one million. Assuming "millions" means two million, that's 200 arrests each.

Once again he's full of it.

[ehrnst]

44. I think he's teetering on the edge. (nt)

[healthnut7]

47. Interesting!!

I wonder if they will visit Trump's properties to pick up the undocumented workers he uses!!!

[amcgrath]

48. Farmers growing soy

Etc, likely have no market for it. Atrocious weather in the Midwest means only a fraction of the crops have actually gone in. It seems Trump has picked a year when there will be a much reduced need for labour, to deport people

[SHRED]

51. Putting lives at risk

He doesn't care.

[empedocles]

52. We've got to drumbeat - 'TRUMP'S BORDER CONCENTRATION CAMPS'!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Satch59]

53. This is just so damn cruel and only being done to ramp his base...

Using these hard working families as pawns and once there are videos of these families being hauled out of their homes, this will backfire. God I hate this person and all who believe in his cruel ways. Disgusting...

[Doodley]

54. A deafening silence by the media.

[yaesu]

55. if they were seriously considering it tRump just blew the whole thing by announcing it

but he's always lying so who would believe him.