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erronis

(19,841 posts)
Fri May 23, 2025, 07:15 PM Friday

Hey, Latinos For Trump. You Ok With This? -- Digby

https://digbysblog.net/2025/05/23/hey-latinos-for-trump-you-ok-with-this/

Via the xitter: (see the link above if you want to visit the xitter.)


ICE wrestled Alabama worker to the ground & detain him for hours—he is a U.S. citizen.

Young man was begging & shouting, “I am a U.S. citizen”—but that didn’t stop ICE agents from dragging him off to a detention center.

His family said that ICE agents did release him after he was finally given the opportunity to prove he was a U.S. citizen—but only after many hours.


Better carry your papers with you if you look Latino. Another one:

Machado was driving to work Wednesday with two other men when he was stopped by ICE agents near his home, he said. Confused by the scene, Machado said he didn’t know what was happening and why agents surrounded his pickup truck.

“They just got out of the car with the guns in their hands and say, ‘turn off the car, give me the keys, open the window,’” Machado told Telemundo 44’s Rosbelis Quinoñez, who first reported his story. “Everything was really fast.”

“They didn’t ask me for any ID,” Machado said. “I was telling the officer if I can give him ID, but he said just keep my hands up, not moving. After that, he told me to get out of the car and put the handcuffs on me.” An agent then asked Machado how did he get into the U.S. and if he was awaiting a court date or if he had a pending immigration case.

“And I told him I was an American citizen,” Machado said. “He looked at his other partner like, you know, smiling, like saying, can you believe this guy? Because he asked the other guy, ‘Do you believe him?’”


He was released after they finally let him show his papers.

Machado said the experience shook his faith in Trump’s immigration enforcement efforts.

“I was a Trump supporter,” he said. “I voted for Trump last election.”

Machado said he thought the Trump administration would “just go against criminals, not every Hispanic looking, like, that they will assume that we are all illegals.”

“That’s what they’re doing, now,” Machado said. “They’re just following Hispanic people.”

Immigration lawyers advise residents and citizens to always keep ID with them.


I hope these stories are percolating through the Hispanic communities and people are hearing about it. It should chill anyone in this country who looks vaguely Latino. Or MIddle Eastern. Or Asian or Black for that matter. White too if you’re trying to return to the country from a foreign country. When you think about it, who can’t they roust on suspicion of being a foreigner?

ICE is a rogue police agency that’s been given license to literally detain anyone they choose. Being a citizen is no protection. Carry your papers. Who knows when some armed thug in jeans and a face mask will come up on you and demand them.

Even the Nazis wore uniforms.
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Hey, Latinos For Trump. You Ok With This? -- Digby (Original Post) erronis Friday OP
ICE uniform is Gestapo Casual. . . . .nt Bernardo de La Paz Friday #1
Which cesspool are they recruting these "agents" from? Buns_of_Fire Friday #2
Latino vote for Trump should have been 0%.. Permanut Friday #3
The guy from the OP voted for Trump. LisaL Friday #5
Roger that . Permanut Friday #20
Yep. LisaL Friday #21
Guessing that their "news" sources are rather biased. Propaganda from "interesting" parties. erronis Friday #8
I guess this individual is figuring out LisaL Friday #4
Pretty high price to pay... Paladin Friday #6
Uppity black woman...it was racism and sexism JT45242 Saturday #27
Ereich Printz' mercenary goons Clouds Passing Friday #7
This is what you voted for asshole Sewa Friday #9
I have a good use for some El Salvador prison space DFW Friday #10
"as well as each who gave the order" all the way to the top. But the capo can claim "I don't know nothing" erronis Friday #12
The thugs didn't show up somewhere at random. DFW Friday #16
From what I've read ... ICE is a bunch of Cha Friday #11
You know "critical thinking" is frowned upon, right? Just leave your TV on "our" channel erronis Friday #13
Leave it on that channel and they'll Never Cha Friday #14
and they don't care. They have their suburban house, a cold brewski, plenty of guns, etc. erronis Friday #15
I think Mump is teaching Latinos about parts Cha Friday #17
Don't let those wet clothes sit too long.... I know about moldy towels. erronis Friday #18
I make sure I don't Cha Friday #19
He was a Trump supporter...Surprise! Surprise! Surprise! Vogon_Glory Saturday #22
I'm not aware of voters being scorned into changing their ways.. David__77 Saturday #23
I'm iffish that Mr. Machado would change his party affiliation Vogon_Glory Saturday #24
This: "but we Democrats don't understand the darker effects of the human psyche in politics" erronis Saturday #26
Leopards eating faces mcar Saturday #25
The Alabama guy had A Real ID. They told him it was fake.🤬 Phoenix61 Saturday #28
Hey, Latinos For Trump - listen up. taxi Saturday #29

Buns_of_Fire

(18,433 posts)
2. Which cesspool are they recruting these "agents" from?
Fri May 23, 2025, 07:27 PM
Friday

Is this why Krasnov was so interested in "draining the swamp" -- looking for potential ICE brownshirts?

This behavior is past disgusting for so-called "law enforcement". That must be the point.

Permanut

(7,107 posts)
3. Latino vote for Trump should have been 0%..
Fri May 23, 2025, 07:35 PM
Friday

Also the veteran vote for Trump;
Military vote;
Log Cabin Republicans;
All non whites;
All women;
Christian vote;

Actually the only votes he should have gotten are himself, his family and his billionaire club. Let's say a total of 500.

LisaL

(47,233 posts)
21. Yep.
Fri May 23, 2025, 10:44 PM
Friday

He is lucky they didn't manage to ship him off to El Salvador. He better carry documents proving his citizenship with him at all times. But that is what he voted for.

erronis

(19,841 posts)
8. Guessing that their "news" sources are rather biased. Propaganda from "interesting" parties.
Fri May 23, 2025, 07:46 PM
Friday

I visit many low income families that have the russian/murdoch channel on constantly.

JT45242

(3,344 posts)
27. Uppity black woman...it was racism and sexism
Sat May 24, 2025, 02:57 PM
Saturday

Not sure why so many Latino males hate black women

DFW

(58,070 posts)
10. I have a good use for some El Salvador prison space
Fri May 23, 2025, 08:02 PM
Friday

First twenty-five years per ICE thug who carted someone off detention without legal justification, as well as each who gave the order.

For each innocent arrested idiot that voted for Trump thinking, “but I didn’t mean ME!” Let them simmer somewhere for six months to realize that TRUMP meant YOU. Think about that next time you vote.

erronis

(19,841 posts)
12. "as well as each who gave the order" all the way to the top. But the capo can claim "I don't know nothing"
Fri May 23, 2025, 08:06 PM
Friday

Just like that mobster in a bathrobe.

DFW

(58,070 posts)
16. The thugs didn't show up somewhere at random.
Fri May 23, 2025, 08:24 PM
Friday

If they got the order, it didn’t come anonymously in the mail hidden in their subscription to People Magazine. They were sent. Arrest those who sent them. 25 years if they reveal who sent them. 40 years if they don’t. If a 40 year sentence is severe, as it would essentially end their lives, just what were they doing to get their sentences in the first place?

Cha

(311,141 posts)
11. From what I've read ... ICE is a bunch of
Fri May 23, 2025, 08:03 PM
Friday

Thug Pig Slops hired for their inhumanity and willingness to Break the Law.. like the Fuck Mump.

And this guy, Machado, Fucking Infuriates me! You beleived Mump's Lies?! Have you No Sense of his Fucking History!!!!!!!

erronis

(19,841 posts)
13. You know "critical thinking" is frowned upon, right? Just leave your TV on "our" channel
Fri May 23, 2025, 08:08 PM
Friday

and you'll never have to vote again.

Cha

(311,141 posts)
14. Leave it on that channel and they'll Never
Fri May 23, 2025, 08:13 PM
Friday

have to think again.

They're not only Screwing themselves.. They're Screwing the Whole Bloody World.

erronis

(19,841 posts)
15. and they don't care. They have their suburban house, a cold brewski, plenty of guns, etc.
Fri May 23, 2025, 08:19 PM
Friday

What's this "world" you talk about? Americans are generally way to insulated/isolated to understand that we live on a highly interconnected planet.

Love your comments, Cha.

Cha

(311,141 posts)
17. I think Mump is teaching Latinos about parts
Fri May 23, 2025, 09:07 PM
Friday

the "Wrold".. Sending them to the South Sudan and El Salvador for Prisons, anyway. More to come.

Yeah the magats are insulated on fox screws... there fed what the Cult masters want them fed.

Sorry, I had to go put my clothes in the Dryer!

Backatcha regrading the comments, erronis. 💙🌈

Vogon_Glory

(9,845 posts)
22. He was a Trump supporter...Surprise! Surprise! Surprise!
Sat May 24, 2025, 06:25 AM
Saturday

Mr. Machado was fool enough to believe that this administration was only going to deport some crooks—despite what happened last time.

Aside from my disgust that he was dumb enough to vote for Orange Julius, I can’t help but wonder how clueless he could be. Very, it looks like.

Well, if he slept through his high school civics class, he got a brutal make-up lesson as to what Trump-ism is really about.

Maybe he wised up., The burned hand teaches best.

David__77

(24,156 posts)
23. I'm not aware of voters being scorned into changing their ways..
Sat May 24, 2025, 10:44 AM
Saturday

Last edited Sat May 24, 2025, 04:30 PM - Edit history (1)

That’s not befriending and convincing. I understand that scorn may be validating or entertaining - it’s not effective politics.

Vogon_Glory

(9,845 posts)
24. I'm iffish that Mr. Machado would change his party affiliation
Sat May 24, 2025, 02:40 PM
Saturday

That aside, this last election taught me that group hugs and sweet reason has their limits. If they didn’t, we’d be reveling in another month of Kamala Harris’s presidency.

I hate to say it, but we Democrats don’t understand the darker effects of the human psyche in politics. For many humans, not appearing to be a fool has a strong impact.

Mr. Machado made some foolish assumptions and then voted for Trump in spite of our repeated warnings. In addition to his trauma, I doubt he’ll want to appear the fool again.

erronis

(19,841 posts)
26. This: "but we Democrats don't understand the darker effects of the human psyche in politics"
Sat May 24, 2025, 02:55 PM
Saturday

While the other side(s) use the dark side to influence our elections, we Democrats (and most liberals) don't know how to yield the sharp weapons that are needed in this fight.

taxi

(2,254 posts)
29. Hey, Latinos For Trump - listen up.
Sat May 24, 2025, 03:46 PM
Saturday

Reliable sources are saying, grown men with tears in their eyes, that ICE has a list of who to look for. That list was created from the database of Republican donors who fit certain profiles. Profiles like having a Latin sounding name, Hispanic ethnicity, arrest record, or any other information that cross referenced into Immigration and Naturalization records.
Or maybe I'm just making this up. You know how sometimes coincidence takes planning. Never mind...

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