Immigration issues are misdemeanors. The officers working on finding people who have committed misdemeanors should not have guns as standard issue. There’s zero legitimate reason for that
ICE agent: But these are illegal immigrants who are gang members trafficking drugs into the country!
Sane people: So why aren’t you arresting them instead of children, and shooting white people even?
ICE agent: … takes out gun
Oh really?! Like the giant green metal lady says, eh?
Until the punishments are targeting the people hiring undocumented workers, it’s all just racist bullshit.
Abolishing ICE is not even the bare minimum, that is a center-right stance. Having literal SS Nazis roaming the streets is a far right stance.
Abolishing ICE is the bandaid fix, putting them all on trial is the compromise
Nations have a duty to protect their borders, that said give people who have been here for many years, with no criminal record, a way to get expedited citizenship. We need a better work permit system for people who want to work here temporarily.
I hope we get 16 years of presidency between AOC and Mamdani.
The current DNC will never allow AOC to take the Iron Throne, they have the same donors as the Republicans. If we want actual change, we need to vote out all incumbent democrats in midterms, vote in fresh ones, and most of all GET INVOLVED IN YOUR LOCAL ELECTIONS.
That’s where we got Mamdani. (who was not born in the US and not eligible, I don’t care if you see Trump stomping on the rules, see above, the people maintaining the rules want it this way. To say nothing of the fact that someone like Mamdani isn’t going to try to break the system in the first place, perish the fantasy.)
You want more Mamdani’s in seats of power? Go find them in your community and support them. Progressive Victory is a very well-established platform for finding candidates in your area and organizing public support for campaigning, phone banking and volunteering and have been a major force in getting the recent wave of Democratic/Socialist mayors and governors elected in the US. We need more of it.
Mamdani isn’t eligible
Rules haven’t stopped Trump. Why should we follow them anymore, if only jackasses get to decide when they apply?
I remember the right wanted that rule changed because of Gov Schwarzenegger
Give me 10 Schwarzeneggers instead of one Trump
Just keep sending him back in time until we have enough.
He’s just gonna need your boots, your clothes, and your motorcycle.
And he needs to remember to say please.
Obama absolutely deported a massive number of people, historically high numbers, enough that immigration advocates at the time openly called him the “Deporter-in-Chief.” That part is not a myth.
The difference is how those deportations were carried out. Under Obama, enforcement was largely focused on recent border crossers and people already in custody, often through expedited removals. It was bureaucratic, procedural, and mostly invisible to the public. There weren’t constant interior raids, and long-term residents were increasingly deprioritized later in his presidency.
Trump, on the other hand, did not surpass Obama’s totals, but he radically changed the operating philosophy. Interior enforcement was aggressive, highly visible, and deliberately public. Priority categories were loosened to the point of meaninglessness, and the enforcement itself became part of the political messaging.
So if you’re talking about raw numbers, Obama qualifies. If you’re talking about tactics, visibility, and the lived experience inside the country, Trump’s approach is what most people actually mean when they say “mass deportation.” Same machinery. Very different mode of operation.
I’m literally shocked how many people on Lemmy actually believe establishment Dems are functionally different from the GOP.
I would get it on some liberal fortress like Reddit, but Lemmy was supposed to be some far-left, socialist bastion. I always feel very suspect of sudden shifts in community attitudes as elections grow closer, and I’m seeing it ALL OVER Lemmy right now.
They are both turds. It is just one is dressed in a snappy tan suit, and the other is a orange shitgibbon.
Could make a good president.
It’s a shame morons will cheer for the california guy over Mamdani or AOC.
I was looking at Democratic polling for 2028. Newsom and Kamala Harris are apparently leading the polls. Pete Buttigieg and AOC are a bit behind in 3rd and 4th place:
I would be interested to see primary debates between Newsom and AOC. But I guess that’s 2 years away.
Gross. Americans literally never learn, lol.
Could make a good president.
For all the same reasons that he would be a good president, make him someone who will never try to break the rules to become president. (He was not born in the USA.)
Really unfortunate the only public figure that has stepped into the void left by this DNC is not eligible to run for president.
There’s still Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. I’d vote for her in a heartbeat.
I guess the only problem is that the voters of the US have proved themselves to still be a bit too sexist, with Clinton followed by Harris.
Personally, I put that at the feet of conservative women. When Obama ran, the African American vote showed up, he got a lot of support from voters that often leaned conservative. When women run, all too often it’s the female vote that doesn’t show up.
My problem is that AOC voted to stop the rail unions from striking. Funny how democrats can do so much nothing now, yet can flex so hard when a working class movement has momentum.
I think AOC would be able to overcome the sexism because she actually cares about the working class, unlike the establishment plants that reinforce the notion that our government doesn’t serve us.
I’m not following the sexism part. Why do you say that?
Claiming “sexism” is how you obfuscate that the candidates were garbage people.
Ouch… So then you must be of the opinion that Trump won the election on his merits?
Perhaps it was his fiscal responsibility that won him the day?
If the government actually was doing what they claimed — targeting violent criminals — basically no one would push back, assuming they’re not violating anyone’s rights. But of course they won’t do that and it’s clear as day the whole thing is pure racism.
Fascists always want a thin veneer of legitimacy applied to their brutal oppression. Also gives the bootlickers something to parrot rather than actually thinking about what they’re doing.
Integrity, conviction. He is a breath of much needed fresh air. Mr. Mamdani continues to show us what a leader, who actually cares, looks like. I hope he can inspire more to stand up and say that enough is enough; ICE has to go.
This is such an easy message to get behind. There are millions of people out there that support abolishing ICE right now. The democrats need a total united front with a clear message: ICE must be dismantled, and they will stoop to whatever level is necessary to get the job done. They need to crowdsource identifying agents who committed the heinous acts and bring them to justice, or at the very least, into the light. Every single one involved is part of the conspiracy, and bears the responsibility for all of their sadistic brothers’ crimes.
This must happen, now. Every single democrat has to get in line for this to have a chance of working. There has got to be a way to interrupt the states crimes against the people of our nation.
Better act fast cause the rest of the world is moving on without you !
Are they? I see quite a few far-right movements gaining traction around the world. That combined with the governments of other countries being reluctant to take decisive action against the US is not an encouraging sign.
As of yesterday, I think the decisive action has begun. Financially and militarily should the US attempt to invade Greenland.
I very much hope so! Fascism must be aggressively opposed wherever it pops up!
But really, the US should be sanctioned and ostracized whether it invades or not.
I want the world to move away from the usa till it stop being an imperialist country
Does the US keep the laws immigrations & customs technically enforce, especially as they had during previous administrations before Trump warped them into his state terrorist brigade?
Keeping the laws while abolishing their enforcers smacks of feel-good idiocy. The police are still horrible. Why not abolish them & keep the laws: we can depend on humanity to deal with all legal & criminal matters there, too, right?
What?
None of this would be happening if every Democrat voter actually voted.
But there would be a different crisis because democrats kicked the ball forward on immigration for over a decade. There was never a hard plan.
And no murder will happen if every person doesn’t murder anyone, but we all know that is just a fantasy.
The MOST Popular Democrat in America supports ABOLISHING ICE? Quick! Write down “BODYCAMS!”
-Democrats with No Primary Challengers in the Midterms!
Is he going to backpedal?
