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Re:ICE and the Smartphone Panopticon
on Friday October 31, 2025 @12:46AM (#45768527)
I have been warning those around me that it's immigrants today and them tomorrow. I don't think the majority of the population grasps how bad things are about to get. Trump has built ICE/CBP into the most well funded law enforcement agency in the US, with a budget exceeding that of some countries militaries. They are broadly loyal only to him. They are building their surveillance and intelligence capabilities and honing them on immigrants. Tomorrow it will surveillance and arrest of politicians (1), leftist political groups, and anyone else critical of Trump. The worst part is all of this will be supported by his followers who are eager for any opportunity to own the libs. As an American I weep at the end of our republic and our slide into authoritarianism. America couldn't survive the invention of social media and the post-9/11 fear.
1) https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/justice-department/doj-indi...