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2·3 hours agoSTAMFORD, CT — While Gov. Ned Lamont may talk tough about federal immigration policies – including an “ICE, go home” comment that triggered a partial Republican walkout during the State of the State Address – his actions have not lived up to his rhetoric, state Rep. Josh Elliott said Wednesday.
Flanked by immigration advocates, the Hamden Democrat challenging Lamont to a primary election said Lamont was too fearful of the federal government. He declared himself the candidate willing to stand up to the administration of President Donald Trump, aligning himself philosophically with California Gov. Gavin Newsom, an outspoken critic of Trump and ICE.
“We saw how governors who stand up for these marginalized communities are out in the streets protesting with them. Are putting laws into place to protect them. To use verbiage to get people to understand that the federal government is simply out of control,” Elliott said.
Elliott had made protection from ICE part of what he called his Day 1 agenda. In that campaign statement he said he would instruct the Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection to arrest any ICE agent in Connecticut who violates the state law prohibiting law enforcement personnel from wearing masks or who violates the protected spaces law that protects people in places like courthouses, schools and hospitals. He also would create a hotline to report violations of the Trust Act on his first day in office, he said.
“We will fully enforce our laws and not allow our civil liberties to be trampled,” he said.
His legislative agenda for 2027 would include expanding the sensitive locations protected under law by adding community health centers, family planning clinics and outpatient medical settings. He also pledged to create a $10 million legal defense fund for immigrants facing detention or deportation.
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Early voting in the August 11 Democratic primary has begun and runs through Sunday.
7·3 hours agoYeah, he bought into the propaganda.
He will likely have to shut down 2 stores after 34 years in business.
720p is still better than 1080i
I’m hoping the sheer number of these videos and stories shows that Overton window movement among other things.
They were hard working, illegal, going to immigration court appointment, us citizen, applied for asylum, died in detention, refused medical attention, deported against court orders, misidentified, an award winning teacher, a Trump voter’s fiancé, murdered in the street…
At the end of the day, I hope we can come to the same conclusion.
John Gannon, a lifelong Republican who voted for Donald Trump in 2024, says he deeply regrets that decision after his fiancée, Yasmin Suarez Reyes, was detained by ICE at a Houston airport. Gannon says the experience changed his view of the administration’s immigration enforcement, arguing that authorities should prioritize violent criminals rather than people like his fiancée.
9·2 days agoDon’t let the snail touch you
Oh, I think I pasted the wrong link. Updating
Idk about that.
Categories of speech that are given lesser or no protection by the First Amendment (and therefore may be restricted) include obscenity, fraud, child pornography, speech integral to illegal conduct, speech that incites imminent lawless action, speech that violates intellectual property law, true threats, and commercial speech such as advertising. As a general rule, lies are protected, with limited exceptions such as defamation, fraud, false advertising, perjury, and lying under oath during an official government proceeding. Even deliberate lies about the government are fully protected.
Hate speech is not a general exception to First Amendment protection.[2][3][4][5][6] Per Wisconsin v. Mitchell, hate crime sentence enhancements do not violate First Amendment protections because they do not criminalize speech itself, but rather use speech as evidence of motivation, which is constitutionally permissible.[7]
Along with communicative restrictions, less protection is afforded to uninhibited speech when the government acts as subsidizer or speaker, is an employer, controls education, or regulates the mail, airwaves, legal bar, military, prisons, and immigration
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_free_speech_exceptions
I guess it depends on how obscenity is defined.
Ok, fixed that
While cruelty is a point, it is not the only point.
This story is a great example of fascism in action. The marriage of an authoritarian government and the profit incentive of private companies.
This is what happens when a capitalist regime dehumanizes people, and treats them as commodities to make profit.
This is the modern day slave trade. Keeping people in for-profit concentration camps for as long as they can and then charging them for the torture they endured.