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mysteryowl

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Sun Feb 15, 2026, 10:24 AM Feb 15

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Walleye

(44,585 posts)
1. They want to punish people, harshly for violating chickenshit, little immigration rules.
Sun Feb 15, 2026, 10:26 AM
Feb 15

At the same time, violating the law of the land, the constitution in large ways. They don’t really believe in enforcing the law, just punishing people

haele

(15,337 posts)
2. They don't care if there's even a chickenshit violation.
Sun Feb 15, 2026, 10:53 AM
Feb 15

They want to punish immigrants for being immigrants, and non-white people for the bounty.

Goons who get paid for the amount of people they process, even if they have to release them, are going to grab anyone who looks "un-American" on suspicion of being a criminal undocumented person, even if they are 10 years old, or have valid ID on them, or have no record other than maybe a record of visa and green card check-ins.

And if those civilians talk back or resist, that give the goons licence to beat or kill them.

This Administration is punishing people because they feel like it.

Walleye

(44,585 posts)
4. your account is very accurate. Infuriating
Sun Feb 15, 2026, 11:43 AM
Feb 15

allegorical oracle

(6,407 posts)
3. Scary bit for me is "detainment centers" that hold up to 10,000 people are being set up
Sun Feb 15, 2026, 11:22 AM
Feb 15

or have been,. So once the "worst of the worst" are seized, and people who aren't certified citizens are locked up, (and possibly deported) who's left to fill those centers? They are already locking up citizens and their families.

Why the need for tens-of-thousands of lock-ups? For anyone who simply disagrees with TSF?

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