I will be honest: we are not talking nearly enough about the downstream effects of these ICE and CBP deployments.
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I will be honest: we are not talking nearly enough about the downstream effects of these ICE and CBP deployments.
For example: landlords and debt collectors file more aggressive collection and eviction suits with dubious (or no) factual bases, knowing that the defendants won't go to the courthouse.
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Consider: when CBP and ICE agents can shoot and kill and kidnap people with no warrants and no consequences, the lesson sent to anyone who could be profiled as undocumented (basically all racialized people) becomes "if you go to court to defend yourself, you might never see your family again."
I'm getting calls from people facing eviction or foreclosure or debt collection lawsuits and they're not doing anything because they are terrified of ICE, even if they have legal status, even if the case against them is bullshit.
And no one is talking about this.
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I will be honest: we are not talking nearly enough about the downstream effects of these ICE and CBP deployments.
For example: landlords and debt collectors file more aggressive collection and eviction suits with dubious (or no) factual bases, knowing that the defendants won't go to the courthouse.
Consider: when CBP and ICE agents can shoot and kill and kidnap people with no warrants and no consequences, the lesson sent to anyone who could be profiled as undocumented (basically all racialized people) becomes "if you go to court to defend yourself, you might never see your family again."
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If there is not a Nuremberg 2.0 this business will not be over
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I will be honest: we are not talking nearly enough about the downstream effects of these ICE and CBP deployments.
For example: landlords and debt collectors file more aggressive collection and eviction suits with dubious (or no) factual bases, knowing that the defendants won't go to the courthouse.
@theleftistlawyer
Those downstream effects are the purpose of our immigration policy. The goal isn't to stop illegal immigration, or we would punish businesses that hire undocumented immigrants. The goal is to deny immigrants legal recourse so they can be exploited more easily. This has been the primary function of our immigration system for decades; Trump is just pushing it further. -
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