South Korea: 'many' of its nationals detained in ICE raid on GA Hyundai facility

Re:South Korea: 'many' of its nationals detained in ICE raid... by kennywinker on Friday September 05, 2025 @01:15PM (#45140982)

I believe the point of this is:

1. Chaos - it’s good for kleptocracy, and is a denial-of-service attack on our attention

2. The appearance of something being done. Dems represent the status quo, people are sick of the status quo. Something appearing to happen is better than the status quo for a lot of people. Biden deported ~2x more people in 2024 than trump has so far. ICE raids are a performance.

3. Like everything else they do, it’s a shakedown. You want protection from the raids and the chaos? Come kiss the ring of your local maga don.

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Re:South Korea: 'many' of its nationals detained in ICE raid... by mallowdram on Friday September 05, 2025 @01:25PM (#45141113)

I agree, but add that the mass expansion of ICE with bounty hunters, freelancers from the white nationalists with fewer deportations indicates that's freikorps into SS quasi-state paramilitary outside the legal checks.

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