A “no work, no school, no shopping” blackout day of protest was kicked off by community leaders, faith leaders and labor unions on Friday in protest against the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) surge in the state.

The “Day of Truth & Freedom” protest comes in the wake of the killing of Renee Good, the unarmed woman killed by a federal immigration officer in Minneapolis earlier this month.

Nationwide, immigrants with no criminal record continue to make up the largest group in US immigration detention, which is at record levels.

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    Obama’s administration recorded over 3 million deportations vs Trumps administration recorded over 1.7 million deportations

    Rookie numbers Trump lol

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      And yet Obama didn’t need to send masked goons to occupy entire cities to do that because he isn’t a blithering moron.

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      Obama wasn’t in the habit of having unidentified, masked federal agents breaking into citizen’s house without warrants, then keeping them in concentration camps, where they die or maybe get arbitrarily deported. People aren’t complaining about illegal immigrants getting deported. It’s the weaponization if the federal government against citizens and the lack of due process, which is afforded to all individuals regardless of how they ended up in the US.

      Your numbers are a strawman argument commonly used by people that don’t know what they’re talking about or are maliciously arguing in bad faith. Your lack of critical thinking leaves both options up for debate.

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      3 million over eight years, versus 1.7 million over one year. If Trump doesn’t choke on a Big Mac, and keeps this up for 4 years, that would be over 13.5 million.

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      And yet most conservatives think Republicans are better at handling immigration? I think the issue has never been about legal vs illegal immigration, it’s about certain people enjoying to see pain inflicted on people who look different to them. Cruelty is the point.