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ICE agents make arrests on first day of California coronavirus lockdown

latimes.com

52 pointsolliej18 comments

> please use the original title, unless it is misleading or linkbait; don't editorialize.

https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

Is there any evidence ICE is "using state of emergency to arrest people obeying the shelter in place order", or are they just continuing to do what they were doing before the shelter in place order?

Sixth slide: "We just have to continue to go with the same game plan that we’ve been doing"

How long until those ICE agents themselves contract COVID-19?

I don't see gloves, or masks or any protection at all.

Is it smart to pick a lot of random people off the street and put them in crowded spaces? That’s surely a perfect breeding ground for covid -19.

Unfortunately, the physical and mental health of people in detention is not well-regarded.

Unsure why this was downvoted as the inspector general's findings in 2018 concurred:

"The Department of Homeland Security inspector general found expired food and dilapidated bathrooms during unannounced visits to four immigrant detention facilities in 2018, according to a report released Thursday."

https://www.cnn.com/2019/06/06/politics/ice-detention-center...

Assuming this is true, it's a terrible idea. Regardless of what you think of the politics of deportation, doing it in such a way as to encourage the spread of disease is wrong. Coronavirus doesn't care about citizenship. It reminds me of the CIA's fake vaccination program:

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2012/mar/02/aid-groups-cia...

Jails are going to become death camps. This is beyond stupid, forget inhumane because they really don't care.

Joe Biden is no prize but at least he can be shamed into behaving better. Hopefully we'll get vote by mail and end this.

It's well documented that Joe Biden's administration deported far more than the current.

https://www.axios.com/immigration-ice-deportation-trump-obam...

https://thehill.com/latino/470900-deportations-lower-under-t...

https://www.wsj.com/articles/why-trump-has-deported-fewer-im...

https://www.cato.org/blog/deportation-rates-historical-persp...

So do you think the current administration statistics are actually true or do you think it's like the USA has very few Covid-19 cases right now because there are no tests/statistics?

What if the current number is actually ten times higher, how would you know?

He's reached into so many agencies and tampered with them. Why would ICE be any different?

Did I read this right?

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Edited: seems not, but juries out, looks like I might have read the intended but un-evidenced subtext. Apologies.

I'm really tired of being called a fascist for wanting to live in a country with boarders.

You certainly didn't misapprehend the narrative this article is trying to push. I don't think immigration enforcement should stop as a result of the pandemic, if anything we should be even more determined to discourage illegal entry.

>You certainly didn't misapprehend the narrative this article is trying to push. //

Were the arrests made in any way affected by the state of emergency?

One photo says "David A. Marin, a director of enforcement and removal operations with ICE. ICE officers are being joined by U.S. Customs & Border Protection agents in the last few weeks, as more resources are deployed in sanctuary cities. (Al Seib / Los Angeles Times)".

Was this normal operation, or have the activities against "sanctuary cities" been stepped up; and is that related to State of Emergency powers?

See the reply by masonic. The article makes no mention of this being different other than the added protection for the officers, but like I said the tone is clearly attempting to give that impression without actually saying it.

  Did I read this right?

Apparently not, because neither the slideshow content nor even the original title (as opposed to the editorialized submitter title) says anything of the kind.

These are routine, daily felony warrant pursuits. They aren't "random", and they aren't new. The only change is the added protection.

Anyone else find it interesting how well taken and high quality these photos are? It seems to contradict the article's agenda. Photos from within police vehicles, showcasing weapons, and some where the person "under arrest" has hands behind their backs but no cuffs.

Those are black zip ties.

Agencies with bad PR hop at the opportunity for ride-longs from reputable journalists - I assume the LAT journos buttered them up and led them to believe they would write a flattering article, then dropped this.

...so they're probably excluded from doing ride-alongs with ICE now.

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