Targeting Marginalized Communities on Don't Be A Nazi - A Lyssieth Project

Targeting Marginalized Communities on Don't Be A Nazi - A Lyssieth Project https://dontbeanazi.cutie.zone/targeting-marginalized/ Recent content in Targeting Marginalized Communities on Don't Be A Nazi - A Lyssieth Project Hugo -- 0.154.3 en-us Trump Administration ICE Raids (2025) https://dontbeanazi.cutie.zone/targeting-marginalized/ice-raids/ Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000 https://dontbeanazi.cutie.zone/targeting-marginalized/ice-raids/ <h2 id="the-pitch">The Pitch</h2> <p>It was sold to us as</p> <ul> <li>“We’re removing dangerous criminals”</li> <li>“Protecting American workers”</li> <li>“Securing the border”</li> <li>“Targeting violent gang members”</li> <li>“Making America safe again”</li> </ul> <h2 id="the-reality">The Reality</h2> <p>But what’s actually happening?</p> <h3 id="the-numbers">The Numbers</h3> <ul> <li>Over 1,000 ICE arrests per day at peak</li> <li>65% of detained people have NO criminal convictions</li> <li>93% have no violent convictions</li> <li>Only 7% of detainees convicted of violent crimes (down from 10% under Biden)</li> <li>30,000+ students absent from Charlotte schools (20% of enrollment) due to fear</li> <li>At least 22 gun incidents including 9 shootings by federal agents</li> </ul> <h3 id="the-tactics">The Tactics</h3> <ul> <li>Military-style raids: Black Hawk helicopters, armed agents rappelling into neighborhoods</li> <li>Agents targeting people based on “how they look” (Border Patrol Chief Gregory Bovino openly admitted this)</li> <li>Shooting at people documenting raids (teaching assistant shot 5 times while warning neighbors)</li> <li>Traffic stops as pretexts for immigration checks</li> <li>Raiding workplaces, schools, hospitals</li> <li>Holding sleeping families at gunpoint in their homes</li> <li>Agents wearing masks to hide identity</li> <li>Using assault rifles on unarmed civilians</li> </ul> <h3 id="cities-targeted">Cities Targeted</h3> <ul> <li>Los Angeles (Operation with National Guard and Marines)</li> <li>Chicago (Operation Midway Blitz - 3,000 arrests)</li> <li>Charlotte</li> <li>New Orleans (Operation Catahoula Crunch)</li> <li>Minneapolis (targeting Somali community after Trump’s racist tirade)</li> </ul> <h3 id="the-human-cost">The Human Cost</h3> <ul> <li>Families separated</li> <li>American citizens arrested and held</li> <li>Children missing parents</li> <li>Communities terrorized into hiding</li> <li>Businesses shut down</li> <li>Schools emptied</li> <li>People afraid to go to work, hospitals, anywhere</li> </ul> <h3 id="whos-actually-being-arrested">Who’s Actually Being Arrested?</h3> <ul> <li>Not “dangerous criminals” - mostly people with no criminal record</li> <li>Long-time residents with US-born children</li> <li>Refugees with legal status</li> <li>People who came as children</li> <li>Workers at car washes, construction sites, restaurants</li> <li>Even Bhutanese refugees (fleeing persecution) detained in Pennsylvania</li> </ul> <h3 id="resource-diversion">Resource Diversion</h3> <ul> <li>25,000+ federal, state, local law enforcement officers diverted from actual jobs</li> <li>Nearly 50% of FBI agents in major offices reassigned from investigating actual crimes</li> <li>Immigration cases tripled in courts while drug and fraud cases dropped 27% and 17%</li> </ul> <h3 id="violence-and-impunity">Violence and Impunity</h3> <ul> <li>Agents shooting at people documenting raids</li> <li>Agents shooting people driving away from traffic stops</li> <li>Holding people at gunpoint in their homes</li> <li>Using rubber bullets and pepper balls on bystanders</li> <li>Agents rarely prosecuted for excessive force</li> <li>Culture of impunity under Trump administration</li> </ul> <h2 id="the-pattern">The Pattern</h2> <p><strong>Historical parallels:</strong></p>