The Trump administration says claims that people are being targeted
because of their skin colour are "disgusting" and false.
When immigration agents came to the farm where he worked, Jaime Alanis
tried to hide.
Climbing to the roof of a greenhouse, while agents rounded up and
arrested dozens of his coworkers below, Mr Alanis hoped to stay out of
sight.
Then he fell.
His neck was broken and skull fractured. He died later in hospital.
Meanwhile, immigration agents fired teargas at a crowd of some 500 protestors, who had gathered to stop the raids outside two legal
cannabis farms. Some threw rocks, and the FBI says one fired a gun at
federal agents.
Mr Alanis's death, and the violent clashes that ensued at those cannabis farms, are the latest examples of the kind of chaos that has swept
across southern California since the beginning of June, when immigration raids began to intensify in the region.
Those crackdowns sparked protests, which led to US President Donald
Trump deploying the National Guard and US Marines, to protect federal officers from the demonstrators and to ensure that his mass
deportations, which he had long promised, were carried out.
While many Americans support Trump's tough immigration policies, the relentlessness of the raids in the region has also triggered a fierce backlash from neighbours and activists. Southern California is home to
an estimated 1.4 million undocumented immigrants, many of whom have been forced into hiding - too afraid to go to work, school or even the
grocery store.
In so doing, the raids have altered the landscape of one of the
country's most populous regions. Businesses are shuttered, cities have cancelled community events - including Fourth of July fireworks
celebrations.
"Everyone's looking over their shoulders," says a "raspado" vendor in
Los Angeles on a recent Sunday, where normally crowded soccer fields and picnic tables were mostly deserted. As she prepared the shaved ice with
sweet strawberry syrup, she seemed wary of questions but grateful for a customer.
"It's never like this," she said.
The raids at the two cannabis farms are now being touted as the largest immigration operation since Trump took office.
Of the 361 migrants detained during those raids, four had "extensive" criminal records, including rape, kidnapping, and attempted child molestation, media reported. Immigration officers also found 14 migrant children, who the administration claims have been "rescued from
potential exploitation, forced labor, and human trafficking".
While the administration frequently highlights the convicted rapists, murderers and drug dealers they have arrested in operations, scores of immigrants - many with no criminal convictions who have spent decades building businesses, families and homes - have been caught in the
crosshairs.
"They just kidnap you," says Carlos, who didn't want his full last name
used out of fear that he could be deported to his native Guatemala. He
has been too afraid to go to work since his sister, Emma, was detained
while selling tacos outside a Home Depot last month. "If I'm brown, if
I'm Hispanic, they just come and catch you and take you."
The Trump administration says claims that people are being targeted
because of their skin colour are "disgusting" and false.
Illegal is illegal. Try that illegal presence shit in Mexico or Italy
and see what happens.
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cpqnpwrq1l4o
On Tue, 22 Jul 2025 09:53:34 -0600, Dark Brandon <DB@cocks.net> wrote:
If the Democrats take back Congress in the mid-term elections, they'll
pull a Jimmy Carter and give California back to Mexico just as Carter
gave the Panama Canal Zone back to Panama, although Panama belonged to
Colombia and Mexico belonged to Spain. Then the Democrats will do the
same to Arizona, New Mexico, Colorado, Nevada and Texas. The Democrat
Party is the illegal alien party.
<laughs and points>
LOL! Whatever meds you're on? They aren't enough.
Governor Swill wrote:
On Tue, 22 Jul 2025 09:53:34 -0600, Dark Brandon <DB@cocks.net> wrote:
If the Democrats take back Congress in the mid-term elections, they'll
pull a Jimmy Carter and give California back to Mexico just as Carter
gave the Panama Canal Zone back to Panama, although Panama belonged to
Colombia and Mexico belonged to Spain. Then the Democrats will do the
same to Arizona, New Mexico, Colorado, Nevada and Texas. The Democrat
Party is the illegal alien party.
<laughs and points>
LOL! Whatever meds you're on? They aren't enough.
California was a republic independent of Mexico before becoming
conquerred territory. Mexico rebelled against Spain and made themselves
a sovereign republic.
Decrees issued by the central government in Mexico City were often"Juarez", 1939, Warner Bros starring Bette Davis and Paul Muni.
acknowledged and supported with proclamations but ignored in practice.
By the end of 1845, when rumors of a military force being sent from
Mexico proved to be false, rulings by the other district government were
mostly ignored.[16]
On Tue, 22 Jul 2025 10:35:47 -0700, "chine.bleu"
<chine.bleu@yahoo.com> wrote:
Governor Swill wrote:
On Tue, 22 Jul 2025 09:53:34 -0600, Dark Brandon <DB@cocks.net> wrote:
If the Democrats take back Congress in the mid-term elections, they'll >>>> pull a Jimmy Carter and give California back to Mexico just as Carter
gave the Panama Canal Zone back to Panama, although Panama belonged to >>>> Colombia and Mexico belonged to Spain. Then the Democrats will do the >>>> same to Arizona, New Mexico, Colorado, Nevada and Texas. The Democrat >>>> Party is the illegal alien party.
<laughs and points>
LOL! Whatever meds you're on? They aren't enough.
California was a republic independent of Mexico before becoming
conquerred territory. Mexico rebelled against Spain and made themselves
a sovereign republic.
When Jimmy Carter was President?
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