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Tuesday, June 24, 2025

anti immigration

florida's everglades gulag gets the green light

An aerial view of Florida's latest contribution to modern detention architecture: 'Alligator Alcatraz,' where freedom comes with a side of swamp.

An aerial view of Florida's latest contribution to modern detention architecture: 'Alligator Alcatraz,' where freedom comes with a side of swamp.

Because nothing says humane immigration policy like opening a detention center in the middle of the Everglades, Florida is gleefully moving forward with its 'Alligator Alcatraz'—a migrant detention facility surrounded by swamps, alligators, and pythons. James Uthmeier proudly flaunts his plan, promising a 'low-cost' solution that, if nothing else, proves that Florida is committed to providing both warmth and wildlife for its newest temporary residents. In other words, escapees won't have to travel far to experience nature's untamed beauty—assuming they survive it. DeSantis, in his infinite wisdom, uses emergency powers to expedite this masterpiece of cruelty under the guise of efficiency, while DHS praises this 'partnership' for expanding bed space faster than you can say 'environmental catastrophe.' But sure, who cares about ecosystems or human rights when you've got a catchy nickname and a video on X, right?
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Wednesday, April 30, 2025

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trump's deportation show: 18th-century edition

Nothing screams 21st-century leadership like deporting people using a law written when powdered wigs were in fashion.

Nothing screams 21st-century leadership like deporting people using a law written when powdered wigs were in fashion.

In a bold tribute to our founding fathers, Trump has dusted off the Alien Enemies Act—because nothing says modern governance like 18th-century statutes. His administration is using this ancient war powers act to fast-track deportations, sidestepping that pesky little thing called the Fifth Amendment. In other words, why bother with due process when you can just deport first and ask questions never? Unsurprisingly, this has sparked chaos, fear, and the kind of protests that make international headlines, but sure, let's call it 'winning.' Meanwhile, a whopping 87% of Republicans are cheering this legal magic trick, while Democrats and independents are apparently too busy worrying about constitutional rights to join the fun.
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#anti-immigration#unconstitutional#fascism

Tuesday, April 15, 2025

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trump’s big beautiful deportation machine can’t find its monsters

America’s deportation Death Star, painstakingly assembled to catch…mostly not the people they keep screaming about on TV.

America’s deportation Death Star, painstakingly assembled to catch…mostly not the people they keep screaming about on TV.

Trump swaggered into office promising the largest mass deportation in U.S. history and then built the closest thing he could legally get to a police state for immigrants: border crossings are way down, ICE arrests have doubled, and detention is at an all-time high. So yes, the machinery of cruelty is humming along nicely.

There’s just one tiny problem with the tough-on-crime victory lap: the "worst of the worst" that Trump and ICE keep screaming about are mostly still not in custody. ICE told Congress it had flagged 435,000 undocumented immigrants with criminal convictions, including over 13,000 convicted murderers and nearly 16,000 convicted of sexual assault. By the end of May 2025, after all the raids, checkpoints, and campaign rally fear porn, they’d actually arrested 752 people convicted of murder and 1,693 convicted of sexual assault. That’s not a dragnet; that’s a leaky colander.

Meanwhile, the administration refuses to regularly release deportation numbers to the public, so NBC has to scrape together internal ICE data just to see what’s happening. The government is locking more people up than ever, bragging about a historic crackdown, and then hiding the scoreboard. The headline is "border crossings plummet"; the fine print is we built a massive detention regime, shattered lives, and still barely touched the violent offenders we used to justify all of it.
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Friday, April 11, 2025

anti immigration

trump's immigration 'crackdown' snares legal immigrants too

Protestors rally at the White House against Israeli bombing of Gaza, because when your immigration policies are this chaotic, people have plenty to protest.

Protestors rally at the White House against Israeli bombing of Gaza, because when your immigration policies are this chaotic, people have plenty to protest.

During his second presidential run, Trump promised the biggest deportation extravaganza America has ever witnessed. And guess what? He's delivering! Because nothing says secure borders like hassling legal immigrants and even U.S. citizens, as demonstrated by the misadventures of Amir Makled, a U.S. citizen and lawyer detained by border agents after a family vacation. In other words, Trump's immigration policy is so efficient, it's rounding up everyone in sight. But sure, let's keep pretending this isn't a complete and utter fiasco.
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Friday, April 4, 2025

anti immigration

trump's trans ban: because why not make the military even more of a dumpster fire?

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, leading the charge to make America's military _great again_ by narrowing down who can wear the uniform. Spoiler: it's not as inclusive as you might hope.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, leading the charge to make America's military _great again_ by narrowing down who can wear the uniform. Spoiler: it's not as inclusive as you might hope.

In yet another bold initiative to prove he has an unrivaled talent for alienating and demoralizing his own troops, the Department of Defense is back with a vengeance—attempting to oust transgender service members. Because nothing says 'supporting our troops' like kicking them to the curb for daring to be themselves. In a move that shocks absolutely no one, the administration that brought you the Muslim Ban and child separation policies is once again targeting a vulnerable group, under the guise of national security, of course. But don't worry, because multiple federal judges have temporarily blocked this latest exercise in ridiculousness—further proving that sometimes the leopards eat someone else's face first.
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Monday, March 10, 2025

anti immigration

Polygraphs: The DHS's Clumsy Attempt at Accountability

The Department of Homeland Security logo.

The Department of Homeland Security logo.

In a spectacular show of bureaucratic incompetence, the Department of Homeland Security has decided that the way to combat leaks is to strap employees to a lie detector like it’s a scene straight out of a bad spy flick. Are they really so clueless that they think dampening employee morale with invasive polygraph tests will solve their issues with transparency? Meanwhile, Secretary Noem’s idea of accountability starts and ends with pointing fingers at ‘leakers’ instead of addressing the systemic failures within her own organization. This isn’t security; it’s a farce that’s as entertaining as it is absurd.

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#anti-immigration#full-stupid#incompetence

Thursday, February 27, 2025

anti immigration

trump's military: now with even less diversity

President Trump and Secretary Pete Hegseth: Reshaping the military, one discriminatory policy at a time.

President Trump and Secretary Pete Hegseth: Reshaping the military, one discriminatory policy at a time.

In another triumph of exemplary leadership, President Trump has directed the Pentagon to remove transgender service members from the military. Because nothing says 'military readiness' like tossing out qualified personnel over bigotry. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, taking a page from the 'Let's Make the Military Great Again' handbook, signed off on a memo to identify and separate those pesky soldiers who have dared to serve while being openly themselves. The memo delightfully clarifies that 'the Department only recognizes two sexes', because why should science and humanity ever get in the way of good old-fashioned discrimination? Meanwhile, SPARTA, an advocacy group for transgender service members, reminds us that trans soldiers have been serving 'openly and honorably' for nearly a decade—something that no amount of executive orders can erase.
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anti immigration

migrants in guantanamo describe being in hell

Migrants deported by the United States last week arrive at Simón Bolívar International Airport in Maiquetía, Venezuela, from the Guantánamo Bay naval station. (Pedro Mattey/AFP/Getty Images)

Migrants deported by the United States last week arrive at Simón Bolívar International Airport in Maiquetía, Venezuela, from the Guantánamo Bay naval station. (Pedro Mattey/AFP/Getty Images)

Trump just **turned Guantánamo Bay into an immigration detention center**, shipping nearly 180 migrants to a **notorious military prison** where they were **kept in solitary confinement, stripped, shackled, and driven to suicidal despair.** DHS called them the **“worst of the worst”**—but somehow, **none of them had criminal records.** Because nothing says **“land of the free”** like throwing asylum seekers into **a black site known for torture.**

Tuesday, February 18, 2025

anti immigration

president dumb shit's doj moves to fire people that can actually help him with his deportations

pam bondi

pam bondi

The Trump administration just fired multiple immigration judges, further crippling an already overwhelmed immigration court system with a 3.6 million case backlog—because mass deportations apparently don’t need due process. The Justice Department’s Executive Office for Immigration Review axed at least 18 judges, including some hired during the Biden administration, prompting allegations that the firings were purely political. The move contradicts bipartisan efforts to hire more immigration judges and speed up case processing, with even legal experts calling it a self-inflicted disaster. Meanwhile, Trump’s “border czar” Tom Homan is ramping up mass deportations, recruiting agents from DEA, FBI, and ATF while seeking Pentagon funding to hire private contractors for detention centers. Justice? Efficiency? Who needs ‘em when you have chaos.

Wednesday, February 12, 2025

anti immigration

ice removes top officials because the toddler in chief is an unrealistic moron

ice agents getting ready to be the blowjob givers in their local glory hole

ice agents getting ready to be the blowjob givers in their local glory hole

Two top ICE officials just got the boot because they weren’t deporting people fast enough to satisfy Trump’s hunger for mass removals. Russell Hott and Peter Berg were reassigned after ICE failed to hit the administration’s aggressive daily arrest quotas—because apparently tripling arrests still isn’t enough. Trump’s border czar, Tom Homan, wants to detain over 100,000 people daily but is running out of money, leading to desperate pleas for more funding. Meanwhile, ICE officers are already working six or seven days a week, but since illegal border crossings have plummeted, they’re now forced to ramp up raids in U.S. cities instead. Guess when you promise “millions” of deportations, reality becomes just another obstacle.

Tuesday, February 11, 2025

anti immigration

dhs seeks to redirect irs agents from tax cases to immigration

irs in washington

irs in washington

In a recent development, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has requested that the Treasury Department deputize Internal Revenue Service (IRS) criminal investigators to assist with immigration enforcement efforts. This initiative aims to leverage the IRS's expertise in financial investigations to combat human trafficking and identify businesses employing undocumented workers. The move is part of a broader strategy to involve various federal agencies in immigration enforcement.

Friday, February 7, 2025

anti immigration

ice games the system by altering time stamps to make old arrests look new, f*cking lames ahaha

Ice has updated the timestamps on old press releases, making them appear more recent in Google searches. Composite: Angelica Alzona/Guardian Design; Photo by Kevin Mohatt via Reuters

Ice has updated the timestamps on old press releases, making them appear more recent in Google searches. Composite: Angelica Alzona/Guardian Design; Photo by Kevin Mohatt via Reuters

Turns out ICE isn’t just rounding people up—they’re also rounding up old press releases, slapping fresh timestamps on them, and letting Google do the rest. Thousands of outdated ICE announcements, some over a decade old, suddenly flooded search results with a brand-new “Updated: 01/24/2025” label, making it seem like mass raids were happening nationwide. Convenient timing, given Trump’s latest deportation crusade. Immigration lawyers and tech experts uncovered the scheme, which conveniently disappeared after media inquiries—because nothing says oops, you caught us quite like quietly reverting the timestamps. But the damage was done: panic spread, fear took hold, and Kristi Noem got her photo op in an ICE vest. Mission accomplished.

Wednesday, February 5, 2025

anti immigration

ice nabs non-criminals because why not

Carlos, the terrifying non-criminal immigrant, trying out his new bicycle before ICE swoops in to restore national security.

Carlos, the terrifying non-criminal immigrant, trying out his new bicycle before ICE swoops in to restore national security.

ICE, bravely defending America from the pressing threat of non-criminals, has been busy arresting scores of migrants with spotless records. That's right, in Trump's America, you don't need a criminal record to be considered a threat—just a dream and a penchant for doing wheelies on your thrift store bicycle. Because nothing says 'land of the free' like snatching young Carlos from his early-morning ride, all while ignoring actual criminal justice reforms. Priorities, am I right? Meanwhile, the administration's commitment to keeping families separated and dreams crushed marches on with ruthless efficiency.
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Tuesday, February 4, 2025

anti immigration

flights to gitmo have started

us marines on their way to gitmo

us marines on their way to gitmo

nothing tells the world we're a “beacon of freedom” quite like shipping detained migrants off to Guantanamo Bay, a place so synonymous with human rights that even a whisper of its name evokes warm and fuzzy feelings—if you happen to be a military contractor. The Trump administration, in its latest masterstroke of compassionate governance, has begun flights to the infamous naval base, repurposing the facility once reserved for terrorism suspects into a migrant detention center. Because clearly, the answer to a broken immigration system isn’t reform—it’s exile. This dazzling display of policy ingenuity follows Trump's directive to expand Guantanamo’s capacity to hold up to 30,000 detainees, with “high-priority criminal aliens” being the first to take a one-way trip. The administration insists this is all about efficiency, but critics, including human rights groups, have pointed out the glaring ethical and logistical nightmare of detaining asylum seekers in a remote military facility with a well-documented history of, let’s call it, “unconventional hospitality.” Advocacy groups are understandably concerned, raising questions about detainees' access to legal representation, medical care, and, you know, basic human rights. But don’t worry—Trump’s immigration team, now featuring the best and brightest from Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), surely has it all under control. Who needs due process when you can just reroute the problem to an offshore prison?
anti immigration

gross incompetence - ice has to release migrants they arrest because they cant house them

ice agents on their way to give blowjobs to glory holes

ice agents on their way to give blowjobs to glory holes

pompous pumpkin's grand mass deportation scheme is already collapsing under the weight of reality. After loudly bragging about ICE rounding up over 8,000 immigrants, the administration has quietly started releasing many of them back into the U.S. because—surprise!—there’s nowhere to put them. Turns out, detention facilities are full, courts won’t allow indefinite detention, and some countries won’t even take their own people back. So much for ‘ending catch and release.’ Instead, ICE is slapping ankle monitors on people and calling it a day, while pompous pumpkin pretends his crackdown isn’t unraveling in real time.

Thursday, January 30, 2025

anti immigration

angry grandpa takes aim at children

angry old man coloring in his racist coloring book

angry old man coloring in his racist coloring book

cheeto kings war on “indoctrination” is off to a blazing start—by forcing schools to teach only what he approves. In a trio of executive orders, Trump is demanding schools drop lessons on systemic racism and gender identity, funneling public money into private schools, and cracking down on pro-Palestinian protesters by threatening deportation. In a move that would make Big Brother proud, federal funding will now hinge on whether schools toe the MAGA line. Teach “gender ideology” or “discriminatory equity ideology” (translation: acknowledge LGBTQ+ rights or systemic racism)? Kiss that funding goodbye. Meanwhile, Trump’s education secretary now has 90 days to come up with a national censorship blueprint disguised as an “anti-indoctrination” plan. But that’s not all—Trump’s school choice order pushes even more taxpayer dollars toward private and religious schools, draining funding from public education. And for the grand finale, student protesters who oppose Israel’s actions in Gaza could have their visas revoked under the pretense of fighting antisemitism, a move that legal experts are already calling blatantly unconstitutional. If you thought the last few years were a battleground for education, buckle up—Trump’s second term is turning the classroom into a full-fledged ideological purge. He wants to make all the kids stupid, after all he loves the poorly educated and learning things turns people into independents or democrats.

Wednesday, January 29, 2025

anti immigration

american citizens taken to detention center for the crime of being brown and bilingual

a family of american citizens was detained and taking to a immigration center

a family of american citizens was detained and taking to a immigration center

A toddler, his mother, and his grandmother—all American citizens—were detained and taken to an immigration detention center by U.S. officials in Milwaukee after they were overheard speaking Spanish, according to a Monday report by Telemundo Puerto Rico. My wife suggested I start carrying my passport with me, as I'm of puerto rican descent. holy fuck its going to be a long 4 years.
anti immigration

the duke of depends is ordering the dod to build housing on gitmo

A control tower is seen through the razor wire inside the Camp VI detention facility at Guantánamo Bay Naval Base in Cuba on April 17, 2019. (Alex Brandon/AP) if anyone deserves to be in prison its that treasonous sack of shit in the oval office

A control tower is seen through the razor wire inside the Camp VI detention facility at Guantánamo Bay Naval Base in Cuba on April 17, 2019. (Alex Brandon/AP) if anyone deserves to be in prison its that treasonous sack of shit in the oval office

In a move that's sure to ignite controversy, president combover has signed an executive order directing the Pentagon and the Department of Homeland Security to prepare facilities at Guantánamo Bay to detain up to 30,000 migrants. This decision marks a significant escalation in the administration's immigration enforcement strategy, repurposing the naval base in Cuba, historically used for detaining terrorism suspects, to now house individuals entering the U.S. without authorization. The plan has already drawn sharp criticism from human rights advocates and legal experts, who argue that detaining migrants in such a facility could violate international law and further tarnish America's human rights record. As the administration moves forward, the nation watches closely, anticipating legal challenges and widespread debate over the ethical and legal implications of this unprecedented action. He gonna start gassing people next??

Tuesday, January 28, 2025

anti immigration

trump's military: no rainbows allowed

Nothing says unity like Pete Hegseth tasked with excluding soldiers from their own army.

Nothing says unity like Pete Hegseth tasked with excluding soldiers from their own army.

In a move that screams progress in the opposite direction, Trump has issued an executive order banning transgender troops from serving openly. Because nothing ensures military excellence and readiness like kicking out thousands of dedicated service members. In other words, if you're not gender-conforming, your years of service and sacrifice mean zilch. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth now has 30 days to slap together a plan to implement this backward decree. Welcome back to an era where 'radical gender ideology' is the real national security threat.

Despite a previous reversal by President Biden, Trump is determined to revive his 2017 policy tweets, which were a surprise to the military brass back then, and still manage to baffle any rational thinker today. Let's not forget, this isn't about saving money on healthcare for troops—because spending billions on questionable defense contracts is perfectly reasonable. It's about ensuring a more 'humble' and 'selfless' military, apparently by excluding those who dare to be true to themselves.
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Monday, January 27, 2025

anti immigration

arrest quotas are back, I don't care what you did I have a quota to hit

ice agent on his way to harass americans, probably

ice agent on his way to harass americans, probably

The Trump administration's recent push to implement daily arrest quotas for Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers—ranging from 1,200 to 1,500 arrests per day—raises significant concerns. Such quotas may incentivize officers to prioritize meeting numerical targets over assessing individual circumstances, potentially leading to unjust detentions and deportations. This approach could erode public trust in law enforcement and strain resources, diverting attention from genuine threats to public safety. Critics argue that enforcing arrest quotas undermines the principles of justice and due process, emphasizing the need for immigration policies that balance enforcement with compassion and fairness. People already aren't showing up for work in the fields to harvest our food, what could go wrong?