It’s Trump to this
Yes, America has Trump to this (Axios):
The Trump administration has instituted all sorts of requirements in its first months to monitor Americans, particularly immigrants.
The big picture: From an undocumented immigrant registry to proof-of-citizenship for voting, President Trump has attempted to create a landscape in which the government can demand to know — and force people to prove — their identity in radical new ways.
Between the lines: The data the administration is pushing for can be weaponized against people.
MSNBC’s Chris Hayes on Thursday played a clip of Elzon Lemus, a 23-year-old, American-born electrician, being stopped in his work van by six unmarked vehicles on Long Island and questioned by ICE.
Worst “movie German” accent ever
“This is gonna go one of two ways here. I need to see your ID. If you’re not the guy I’m looking for, you’re not the guy I’m looking for. Right?” the agent tells Lemus. “But we need your ID. Okay, if we don’t get your ID, then we’re gonna have to figure out another way to ID you, and it may not work out well for you.”
Vee haff ways of making you hand ofer your papers.
The agents detained Lemus on the street for an hour. He was in handcuffs for 20 minutes.
Lemus might have replied to ICE:
This is how this is gonna work out for you. You’re gonna pull a U.S. citizen out of his car without probable cause and detain him for an hour before having to him go. And while you’re wasting your time with him, you won’t be making quota or harassing anyone else in my town.
“As a former police officer and detective with over 20 years, I know exactly what lawful policing looks like and what it does not look like, and this was not it,” said Phil Ramos, Deputy Speaker of the New York State Assembly.
“Americans are being forced to accept masked paramilitary forces stopping you anytime, anywhere—demanding to know where people are from,” says Chris Hayes. “It is an assault on the idea of America itself.”
Indeed. People should tell them where they can shove their American flags.
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