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Re:ICE bought vehicles equipped with fake cell towers to spy... by intermerda on Tuesday October 07, 2025 @09:21PM (#45511002)
Trump's bill allocated 170 billion dollars to ICE. That figure is greater than annual defense spending of every country in the world other than US and China. I believe it's spread over four years, so amortized over that time period it would have more budget than all but 12 countries in the world.
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Re:ICE bought vehicles equipped with fake cell towers to spy... by Nervhq on Wednesday October 08, 2025 @06:07AM (#45514287)
Good. Immigrate legally.
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Re:ICE bought vehicles equipped with fake cell towers to spy... by DaSHacka on Wednesday October 08, 2025 @06:23AM (#45514415)
Literally this. The whole point of giving ICE additional funding is to remove this false dichotomy. Either immigrate legally, or not at all.

Or, well, have fun getting stuck in a detention facility before getting shipped back home.

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Re:ICE bought vehicles equipped with fake cell towers to spy... by habinero on Wednesday October 08, 2025 @09:09AM (#45515771)
I'll just tell them you're here illegally, then. If they're not going to check, you're just as vulnerable as anyone else.
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Re:ICE bought vehicles equipped with fake cell towers to spy... by chneu on Wednesday October 08, 2025 @12:15PM (#45517803)
Reminder that thousands of legal residents are also being swept up in this. Thats a feature, though, not a bug, for a dictator.

Also ICE, I hear nervhq is here illegally. Someone wanna go do a check on this illegal? Assume they're breaking the law first, deport them and ask questions later. Thanks ICE!

It's only a matter of time before ICE comes for you. You realize there are literal quotes from Germans saying they wish they would have spoken up earlier? But they didn't because they weren't a Jew. We're repeating such stupid mistakes because Trump and the GOP have made politics a sport/brand loyalty competition. It's pathetic

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Re:ICE bought vehicles equipped with fake cell towers to spy... by msie on Friday October 10, 2025 @12:12AM (#45535311)
More like, be white and you won't be harrassed.
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Re:ICE bought vehicles equipped with fake cell towers to spy... by chneu on Wednesday October 08, 2025 @12:14PM (#45517792)
To put into perspective of how insanely huge this is, Trump is about to bail out US Farmers who have been hit by Trump's trade wars. How much? $10 billion.

That means trump is spending 17x the farm bailout on ICE. That's insanity.

That $10 bil is coming out of our pockets.

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Re:ICE bought vehicles equipped with fake cell towers to spy... by lupusreal on Wednesday October 08, 2025 @12:27PM (#45517927)
Insanity is a politician actually doing what he said he'd do, and was elected to do.
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