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Valerie's avatar

Does anyone else find it odd that ICE agents are Mexican?

Jorge Daniel Hernandez's avatar

Honestly, I don't. Speaking as a Cuban descendant and observations of my own family and many Hispanics, they can be the first to roll up the ladder right after "they get theirs". A great many Cubans in Miami for example still hold notoriously xenophobic 'conservative' political values (notably exemplified by Marco Rubio). Many don't feel Trump and RNC operatives are even talking about them when they refer to "aliens" or outsiders in general. I chalk it up to the same phenomenon as the "house negroes" who were most willing to support existing power, simply to avoid themselves being "at the bottom".

Robert Vallellanes's avatar

I BACK THIS STATEMENT UP 100%

Sarah Towle's avatar

I was going to say that, too. Today's incarnation of the enslavement-era house slave and the Holocaust-era Jewish Kapo. The oppressed doing the job of the oppressor for the power, paycheck, and some fucked up notion of prestige.

JoanSetka's avatar

Historically, many of the guys (because it’s mostly guys) who work for USCBP have been MexicanAmerican.

Chels's avatar

Yes I find it EXTREMELY alarming!!! Like theyre fucking over their own ppl!! If ANYONE should have empathy and compassion for an immigrants situation you would think it would be anothet immigrant!! Blows my fucking mind!! But it like this with every race and gender! There will always be “race traitors” and ppl who screw over their own sex. Like how other women treat other women like shit! Crazy aint it?! What a fucking world we live in! But dont they realize that once they dont need them anymore that they'll end up in those detention centers sitting next to the ppl they locked up?! Karma is going to be VERY busy for the next few lifetimes and I cant wait till she gets hers!!!!!!!

MaringMac's avatar

Somehow believing that being "white-adjacent" will be protection?

Jonny Vallenstein's avatar

Not at all, there were jews whow also worked for the nazis, who eventually had to go to great lengths to hide their ethnicity as the ingroup shrunk in nazi Germany. These people always think if they work for the fascists theyll be part of their ingroup. It is just poor survival instincts.

Marsha Hall's avatar

I wondered bout that? Does this make them criminals now?

Ocean Dragon's avatar

Why is that? I know many naturalized Mexican citizens as well as those who came through and sought legal citizenship. Many of them are frustrated with all that they went through to get a legal immigration and now people just crossing the border and expecting to stay. That is why it is important to do things lawfully. My city in California is over 50% Hispanic. Some of the families complain of over-crowding of the classrooms, over-crowding of homes, and some important jobs in construction being taken from Americans. But you can be assured that the many law enforcement of Latin ethnicity have legally applied for the jobs that they and the community want all laws enforced. Thank you L.E. and fire depts.

Emma's avatar

True assessment. The anger over benefits led to support for trump. I do see some of those points. However, add in the racism, and that Mexico is a large country and Mexicans eat their own fast as all hell. They historically don't even petition for family in the same way/rate immigrants from other countries do. Add in the lack of education and you have fools getting these jobs with parents and aunts and uncles without papers.

Emma's avatar

What is the difference between a naturalized citizen and someone who came through and sought legal citizenship?

Erica K's avatar

ICE: you almost ran us over

Police:I feared for my life

The magic words that allow the speaker to do whatever they damn well please.

John n George's avatar

You forgot “I thought I saw a gun”.

Janis VOC's avatar

So we all need dash cams now. And something to counter act the electric gloves? I have my green laser but will need a larger bag to carry all this shit. WTF?

david sehr's avatar

Looks like a Proud Boy shirt that he's wearing on his FB post. Of course many Proud Boys have gotten their first real jobs in the buildup of the ICE paramilitary force.

Constance Diack's avatar

Can you imagine this arrogant goon with the shock gloves?! Disaster

the real pambo's avatar

Their one little shred of control they have in their lives turns them into monsters. They must hate themselves so much, to be that barbaric to strangers. FCK 🧊.

Cheri'l's avatar

So we're going to pay to give these nazi thugs more weapons to use on innocent American citizens.

Skutt Hope's avatar

Get these goons off our streets! Arrest, prosecute and store them behind bars (throw away all keys).

Maria Edelman's avatar

And this man is of Hispanic origins…what is so wrong with you that sign up for a killing squad to harm your own community. Something is seriously wrong with this goon.

Goldilocks's avatar

Blacks & browns helping ice. They will find out. They will turn on them.

David's avatar

This is MAGA/GOP!!!…they preach hate and division!!!!!

This is who they are….the enemy from within…a giant shit stain on humanity!!!!!

BE LOUD…SPEAK TRUTH….RESIST!!!!

David's avatar

This is MAGA/GOP!!!…they preach hate and division!!!!!

This is who they are….the enemy from within…a giant shit stain on humanity!!!!!

BE LOUD…SPEAK TRUTH….RESIST!!!!

Some Things About Me's avatar

Hi Congress. Hi Dems. This is your citizens calling. WTF are you doing?

Stephen M Kahnert's avatar

Unlike DHS, Pablo and others on this brutal beat are trusted.

Emma's avatar

And we will be paying for that dude's retirement, benefits, and lawsuits - both those against ice from his actions and no doubt the one he brings when he is eventually fired. Someone buy that loser a new shirt.

Gallego is fos. Like ossoff/kelly/slotkin he is on a reputation clean up tour. He co-sponsored Laken.

Angie's avatar

Yeah there’s not shit that needs to be rebuilt.

Joyce Nowak's avatar

ICE gives its hires to behave the way! What fu**ing a$$holes!