by Toddy Perryman, Hamilton
I think that immigrants should be cherished and valued for the economic benefits and activity they bring to any community. They should not be persecuted nor deported unless they have shown that they cannot obey our laws.
A Minnesota protester compared ICE agents to the Ku Klux Klan, noting that both wore masks and raided immigrant communities. He explained that there is a minority who is trying to create a lawless society, where their might makes right. (Basically anarchy.) And because they have guns and are willing to use them, they think they can suspend the Constitution, suspend due process, suspend civil liberties.
There was a memo that came out saying that ICE leaders think they can break into people’s houses without warrants which is fundamentally against the Fourth Amendment (the one that limits search and seizure.)
The administration is trying to tear down the First Amendment. They’ve tear-gassed people (no longer allowed on battlefields, but now used on citizens?!), they’ve shot people, hit people with beanbag guns and batons for exercising their First Amendment rights, and they don’t want people to exercise their Fourth, but also the Fourteenth (the one about birthright citizenship.)
The man on the streets of Minneapolis was right to call out the administration’s assault on the First Amendment that protects freedom of speech, freedom of the press, and the right of people peaceably to assemble.
In the 1770s, and again in the 1850s, everyday Americans recognized the radicalism of those extremists who were trying to erase the nation’s principles and the rule of law, ignoring the longstanding rights of the people to liberty and equality and instead trying to impose a despotism. That would be the Confederates.
President Lincoln was on solid historical ground when he reminded Americans of his era that those trying to impose a new system of white nationalist oligarchy on the nation were the true radicals, while those defending equality were conservatives.
Now the Trump administration is made up of radicals who are ignoring the Constitution and the Bill of Rights in their open attempt to create a white nationalist nation.
We are not powerless to stop them. Tens of thousands of people marched in the streets of Minneapolis on Friday in opposition to ICE’s invasion. We must challenge the idea that the wealthy and big corporations can take whatever they want by force if necessary. The only way to create real change to this system is for large groups of individuals to rise up and demand that our rights are recognized. We need to be making good trouble.
Gomez says
Frank, you have revealed yourself as someone not to be taken seriously. Anyone reading these comments can see that.
I will not be wasting any more time or energy trying to have an adult conversation with you.
Have a nice day.
Frank says
56 people were shot by ICE, under Obama. You people are disgusting hypocrites and cannot be taken seriously.
Gomez says
Frank, some context. The 56 ICE deaths under Obama took place over an 8 year period.
Under Trump, 52 deaths involving ICE took place in his first term. In Trump’s second term, so far, there have been 38 deaths involving ICE + 2 more deaths where the victims were not even the targets of ICE in the first place. Total deaths 92.
92 deaths involving ICE under 5 years of Trump vs 56 deaths involving ICE under 8 years of Obama.
Average deaths per year involving ICE per year under Trump, 18.5
Average deaths per year involving ICE per year under Obama, 7
One of these things is not like the other.
Frank says
I just fed your entire statement into Grok and it came back with your numbers being “overstated and unverified”. Sorry Gomez, but the liberal lies just keep piling up…
Gomez says
“Independent medical experts and advocacy groups verified 52 deaths in U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) custody between January 1, 2017, and December 31, 2021, a period largely covering Donald Trump’s first term.
According to a 2024 report by the ACLU, Physicians for Human Rights (PHR), and American Oversight:
Preventability: Medical experts concluded that 49 of these 52 deaths (95%) were “preventable” or “possibly preventable” if appropriate medical care had been provide.”
“In 2025, during the start of the second Trump administration, deaths in Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) custody reached a two-decade high of 32, according to reported data. At least six people have died in ICE detention facilities so far in 2026 as mass deportation efforts continue.
2025 Deaths: 32 people died in ICE custody in 2025, marking the highest number in 20 years.
2026 Deaths: At least six deaths in ICE detention were recorded early in 2026”
Frank says
Face it, Gomez, you lost this argument. You might as well spend your time researching how many ways it’s impossible for black people to get a photo ID so they can vote. As a black man, I find liberals like you to be incredibly racist so, I’ll wait while you try to justify why people of color are too stupidity get IDs?
Tracy says
Really simple solution. Immigrate legally and you wont be arrested. dont defraud the US taxpayer and you wont be arrested.