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Last week, top ICE officials ordered officers to increase arrests and to get “creative” in their methods, including trying to nab people the officers happen to encounter in what are known as “collateral arrests.” The orders come in the wake of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem and White House deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller setting a quota of 3,000 immigration arrests per day, along with a sharp rise in protests against the crackdown.

In Westbury, the HSI agents didn’t respond to the gathered crowd. After a few minutes, the agents drove away. A commotion erupted down the road, off-camera, and onlookers began rushing toward the corner.

One of the Nissans, carrying two of the HSI agents, had crashed into a black pickup truck that happened to be passing through the intersection. Three eyewitnesses told The Intercept that the agents’ car had sped away. Two of the witnesses believe the Nissan blew a stop sign, causing the crash. (Nassau County police referred questions about the accident to ICE, which did not respond to an inquiry.)

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[-] Buske@lemmy.world 28 points 1 week ago

Sooo Federal officers get to flee scenes, guess insurance doesn't matter anymore.

[-] pelespirit@sh.itjust.works 22 points 1 week ago

“collateral arrests”= unconstitutional and kidnapping.

[-] Nay@feddit.nl 4 points 1 week ago

These fucking people are sick...

[-] xeekei@lemmy.zip 20 points 1 week ago

ICE really does seem like the new SS. As a European it's scary as fuck to watch the world's most powerful state turn fascist.

[-] 4grams@awful.systems 6 points 1 week ago

As an American, the scariest part is how little most seem to care about it. Well, that and the fascism.

[-] rustyfish@lemmy.world 20 points 1 week ago

I watched most of the video clip. The agents all look kinda perplexed. As if they can’t understand that nearly any species alive will go nuts when you go for their offspring.

Guys, I think ICE agents are aliens.

[-] Mirshe@lemmy.world 13 points 1 week ago

I think it's a case of psychopathy and the fact that some of these people TRULY don't see black and brown people as people. The dehumanization is truly complete to the point that they really don't understand that they're PEOPLE, with thoughts and feelings.

[-] matlag@sh.itjust.works 8 points 1 week ago

Well, they're supposed to snatch innocent people, kids, break apart families, so I think it's granted they must be some kind of sadistic psychopaths.

After that, the way they try to get around the illegality of what they're doing suggests they're also very, very, very dumb.

[-] Gorge@lemm.ee 3 points 1 week ago

Exactly. Joining ice is the easiest way to show the world you're antisocial, racist and have zero ~~emotional~~ intelligence. These people wouldn't know empathy if it slapped someone else across the face

[-] grrgyle@slrpnk.net 1 points 1 week ago

These people wouldn't know empathy if it slapped someone else across the face

Brilliantly put

[-] klemptor@startrek.website 7 points 1 week ago

Are they... illegal aliens?

[-] EndlessNightmare@reddthat.com 6 points 1 week ago

Well, they are doing illegal things

[-] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

I saw this ICE agent doing ICE things

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[-] masterofn001@lemmy.ca 19 points 1 week ago

Can't spell bitches without ICE.

[-] pleasegoaway@lemm.ee 3 points 1 week ago

Melt the ICE.

[-] Eldritch@lemmy.world 19 points 1 week ago

Damn these ICE agents are a threat to everyone.

[-] slurpeesoforion@startrek.website 12 points 1 week ago

Always have been.

[-] Lucidlethargy@sh.itjust.works 16 points 1 week ago

Regardless of who caused the accident, they hit and run, right? That's insanely illegal.

[-] pivot_root@lemmy.world 11 points 1 week ago

Yes.

I'm not at all surprised they did it, though. What's yet another little law when their entire day job involves breaking them?

[-] glitch1985@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago

Because the kidnapping was going to be on the up and up?

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[-] cybervseas@lemmy.world 14 points 1 week ago

If ICE is meeting resistance even in a place like Westbury, then at least something is going right.

[-] hornedfiend@sopuli.xyz 10 points 1 week ago

Kristi Noem is a sorry excuse for a human being and that’s putting it nicely.

So, Imma go back to my philosophy 101 argument structure days. Fill in the blank.

Premise 1. Racists should never feel safe being racists. Premise 2. Nobody willingly becomes an ICE agent without being a racist. Conclusion: Therefore, ... ?

[-] asg101@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 1 week ago

ICE should never feel safe, at any time, ever again. Make them NEED marines and NG cover every time they go out for one of their abduction raids.

[-] dutchkimble@lemy.lol 7 points 1 week ago

I wonder if ICE agents are paid a lot more than those people would be in other jobs having the same qualifications/experience etc, and that’s the reason why they stay on. Or some massive perks or something. Why isn’t there a mass exodus of ICE agents leaving? Or maybe there is and it’s not reported? There must be some attraction?

[-] IamSparticles@lemmy.zip 16 points 1 week ago

I'm pretty much convinced they recruited all these thugs from alt-right groups and disgraced ex-police in the last few months. They don't have uniforms or badges. They wear face masks and refuse to identify themselves. They needed a bunch of guys that had no problem with being cruel and hateful and they were right there ready to step up.

[-] AA5B@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago

They have to. Where else would so many new ones come from? So many who are so unaware of rights and laws?

[-] iAvicenna@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

yea these are most likely the same people who formed their own local militias and jerked off to fantasies of shooting protesters.

[-] phx@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 week ago

They probably just walk around downtown and recruit from whomever has a cut-off shirt and a swastika tattoo

[-] ayyy@sh.itjust.works 7 points 1 week ago

The perk is rape. Lots of rape. These are unidentified and unaccountable thugs. For your safety, shoot them on sight.

[-] DougHolland@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago

The massive perk is that they get to be cruel bastards and hate for a living.

[-] SupraMario@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago

When people start shooting these Nazis you'll see the rats leave the sinking ship rapidly.

[-] Yeller_king@reddthat.com 3 points 1 week ago

You only agree to work for ICE if you're a psychopath in the first place.

[-] But_my_mom_says_im_cool@lemmy.world 6 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

I hope every ICE agent dies of slow colon cancer

[-] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

I feel sorry for the colon cancer

[-] Xaphanos@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

My wife just got declared to be colon cancer free. It was a close thing. Can we go with wishing some other cause of death on them? Maybe a fire? Or multiple stab wounds?

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[-] Asafum@feddit.nl 2 points 1 week ago

Westbury: "in Latino-heavy New York suburbs."

Ummmmmmmm.... Unless Westbury changed in the 6 months since I've been there, it's a really wealthy area. Not that Latinos can't be wealthy, but my dad lives there, I'm literally going there Sunday. I wouldn't exactly describe it as Latino-heavy, unless you aim to describe the entirety of Long Island as Latino-heavy...

[-] baines@lemmy.cafe 1 points 1 week ago

the labor is

rich fucks love under the table workers

[-] Jumpingspiderman@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

I hope he was hurt badly enough to not be able to go back to work any time soon.

[-] Bonus@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

It's a start.

[-] MangioneDontMiss@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 week ago

this is the way.

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