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https://digbysblog.net/2025/05/23/hey-latinos-for-trump-you-ok-with-this/Young man was begging & shouting, I am a U.S. citizenbut that didnt 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. citizenbut only after many hours.
Better carry your papers with you if you look Latino. Another one:
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 44s Rosbelis Quinoñez, who first reported his story. Everything was really fast.
They didnt 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.
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.
Thats what theyre doing, now, Machado said. Theyre 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 youre trying to return to the country from a foreign country. When you think about it, who cant they roust on suspicion of being a foreigner?
ICE is a rogue police agency thats 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.

Bernardo de La Paz
(55,992 posts)Buns_of_Fire
(18,433 posts)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)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)NT
Inexplicable.
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)I visit many low income families that have the russian/murdoch channel on constantly.
LisaL
(47,233 posts)that he got what he voted for.
Paladin
(30,487 posts)...just to avoid voting for a woman for President.
JT45242
(3,344 posts)Not sure why so many Latino males hate black women
Clouds Passing
(4,906 posts)Sewa
(1,426 posts)😡💀
DFW
(58,070 posts)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 didnt 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)Just like that mobster in a bathrobe.
DFW
(58,070 posts)If they got the order, it didnt 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 dont. 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)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)and you'll never have to vote again.
Cha
(311,141 posts)have to think again.
They're not only Screwing themselves.. They're Screwing the Whole Bloody World.
erronis
(19,841 posts)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)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. 💙🌈
erronis
(19,841 posts)
Cha
(311,141 posts)know about them anymore. Just a way distant memory.
Vogon_Glory
(9,845 posts)Mr. Machado was fool enough to believe that this administration was only going to deport some crooksdespite what happened last time.
Aside from my disgust that he was dumb enough to vote for Orange Julius, I cant 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)Last edited Sat May 24, 2025, 04:30 PM - Edit history (1)
Thats not befriending and convincing. I understand that scorn may be validating or entertaining - its not effective politics.
Vogon_Glory
(9,845 posts)That aside, this last election taught me that group hugs and sweet reason has their limits. If they didnt, wed be reveling in another month of Kamala Harriss presidency.
I hate to say it, but we Democrats dont 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 hell want to appear the fool again.
erronis
(19,841 posts)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.
mcar
(44,671 posts)Phoenix61
(18,367 posts)taxi
(2,254 posts)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...