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Gang members and violent criminals, what Trump called the “worst of the worst,” weren’t the sole target of deportations. Federal agents needed to “just go out there and arrest illegal aliens,” Miller told top ICE officials, who had come from across the U.S., according to people familiar with the meeting.

Agents didn’t need to develop target lists of immigrants suspected of being in the U.S. illegally, a longstanding practice, Miller said. Instead, he directed them to target Home Depot, where day laborers typically gather for hire, or 7-Eleven convenience stores. Miller bet that he and a handful of agents could go out on the streets of Washington, D.C., and arrest 30 people right away.

“Who here thinks they can do it?” Miller said, asking for a show of hands.

ICE agents appeared to follow Miller’s tip and conducted an immigration sweep Friday at the Home Depot in the predominantly Latino neighborhood of Westlake in Los Angeles, helping set off a weekend of protests around Los Angeles County, including at the federal detention center in the city’s downtown.

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[-] phoenixz@lemmy.ca 2 points 10 months ago

Gang members and violent criminals, what Trump called the “worst of the worst,” weren’t the sole target of deportations.

Honest question here: Has a single gang member or criminal been been arrested, at all?

I've only seen innocent civilians, tourists, Americans, children, that sort of thing being arrested and deported, or shot with rubber bullets...

Seriously, is there even a single example of a really bad guy being arrested?

[-] LifeInMultipleChoice@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago

If they were violent gang members they were arresting, there would be mass shootouts in the streets. Not many news articles popping up of 7 ICE officers found dead in the street filled with lead when attempting to arrest someone.

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