The Senate has passed a bill making Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) the U.S.'s largest interior law enforcement agency with funding for Donald Trump’s immigration enforcement agenda higher than most of the world’s militaries, including Israel’s.
Pending its passage in the House of Representatives, Trump’s bill could mean a massive increase in ICE funding as part of an immigration enforcement agenda worth $150 billion over four years.
This figure is more than the annual military budget of Italy, which at $30.8 billion, is the world’s 16th highest defense spender for this year according to tracker Global Fire Power.
It is also higher than military spending for Israel, ($30 billion), the Netherlands ($27 billion) and Brazil ($26.1 billion).
So now they are the biggest millitary and paramilitary spender. Cool.
Seems like it’s time to for people to learn about sustained direct action campaigns.
Rev Left Radio had a great interview earlier this year with a member of Palestine Action about their extremely successful direct action campaign against Israeli weapons manufacturer Elbit. While the media would have you believe that Palestine Action is an ineffective bunch of clowns, they have already forced the closure of two weapons factories in England and forced Barclays Bank to divest from Elbit through sustained sabotage campaigns. Their incredible success is the actual reason the UK government has named them a terrorist organization, not just for spray painting some planes.
https://revolutionaryleftradio.libsyn.com/size/5/?search=Palestine+action
For legal reasons, I am not encouraging anyone to break any laws.
Love Rev Left, recommended listening for everyone
Good, service guarantees citizenship and the way things are going, the Greatestest and Bestest Democraciest Peaciest and Freedomest Country in the Whole Wide Universe will need some
cannon fodderhighly qualified personnel.This is perverse
Remember when republican bitches about how much we spent on immigration?
If you replace the PLA with ICE, its enough budget to invade Taiwan.
We’re probably nearing the point where Americans will start trying to get over the border wall and into Mexico.
Luckily CBP got a nice budget increase so they can prevent anyone from leaving too.
I can totally see this coming.
The developed world has a population growth problem. Population growth has slowed or reversed in many countries, but the global economy is designed around infinite growth, fed by an infinitely growing pool of workers and customers. Then when they retire they can be taken care of by the infinitely growing population of young people.
It takes zero imagination to picture this administration forcing “high value human resources” to remain in the country, including putting them on no fly lists. Unfortunately since they are stupid, the brain drain has already started.
This goes nicely with abortion bans, criminalization of life choices that don’t produce babies, and the disenfranchisement of women.
That was the secondary goal, keep people out and in.
I was gonna say. Things might be different if I was in poverty and in central America, but for the rest of us the US just seems like a real awful place to be.
Gestapo. They’re Nazi Gestapo. Treat them as they deserve.
also less organized and disciplined, these are also going to be filled with military rejects too, not good enough for the military types.
Daily reminder to all ICE agents. By signing up for ICE, you have signed yourself up for a lifetime of fear and criminal liability. There are Nazi concentration camp guards that were tried for their crimes in their 90s. There is no statute of limitations on crimes against humanity. Your names are recorded; your deeds are known. And you will face justice for your crimes. And do not count on a blanket pardon saving you. Crimes against humanity are violations of international law that cannot be pardoned.
fuck legal systems, we all know the next democrat will pardon them or refuse to prosecute them.
they need to live in fear from decent human beings,
There’s not going to be a next Democrat.
I hope you’re wrong but…I really don’t think you are and I hate it.
surely this neck gaiter will protect me from consequences
I’m officially ready to be radicalized.
Same, I’m done
I’m this country, not wanting to go to a concentration camp makes you a radical
Not wanting to go to a concentration camp is understandable, especially if you have a high paying job.
Not wanting OTHER people you’ve never met to go to concentration camps? Whoaaa there Che, put down that AK-47!
There’s no way they need all those people and resources if they’re only going after illegal immigrants. They’re going to start disappearing their other targets too. People of Colour, Democrats, LGBTQ, scientists. Get in line. I hope you’re ready for what we know is coming.
First they came for the immigrants…
It’ll be trans people first. Then gays. Eventually blacks. Then democrats.
Seems like right now it’s Iranian Americans.
Well we were the most prosperous country in the world while being racist to the hilt. I’m guessing the GOP thinks that might be the secret sauce.
That means this is their new military.
Pretty clever if you think if it. They don’t try to convince their current one but build one up besides them while starving them of their resources.
Building a paramilitary beholden to Party-aligned officials as a stopgap until the Party seizes total control of the actual military is boilerplate fascism.
EDIT: And when they do seize control the military, it usually doesn’t end well for the paramilitary.
Who do you think they’re going to Merc? Is it Jigsaw?
It does seem a lot like Schutzstaffel. They’ll need their very own Stasi too.
Honest question: why couldn’t the bill be repealed if Dems win the house and senate at midterms?
If Democrats win the house and Senate at midterms and have a veto proof majority in the Senate, then yeah, maybe they could pass a new bill that repeals all these things.
If they don’t have a veto proof majority, then Trump will just veto it.
The Federal budget is passed annually, and all spending bills must originate in the House.
