Big old goofball, bit of a geek, more than a wee bit uninhibited, & blatantly honest.
Was originally here back in 2009, which is what it means by "is back".
I am fundamentally not deportable.
Two largest chunks of my family tree didn't immigrate here.
· Native American
· Black American
First were here before the Europeans came to this continent, second were brought against their will and the 14th Amendment made them citizens.
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🚨BREAKING: An ICE/Border Patrol agent approached a U.S. citizen at a gas station, in Lake Worth, Florida, demanded his ID, and when the U.S. citizen asked why? …
The agent’s said, “Because you’re an immigrant.”
Except that is not how the Constitution works.
In the video, the U.S. citizen is standing at a gas station when an agent walks up and says, “Let me see your ID.”
The man asks a completely reasonable question, “Why?”
The agent responds, “Because you’re an immigrant.”
And before the man has even been identified, the agents grab his hands and puts him in handcuffs.
People standing around immediately start questioning what is happening…asking the agents how they can arrest someone when they haven’t even identified who he is…
But the agents ignore them and walk the man to their vehicle.
The Fourth Amendment protects people from unreasonable searches and seizures. The Supreme Court has held that roving Border Patrol agents need reasonable suspicion, based on specific circumstances, to stop someone and question them about immigration status. And apparent ethnicity, by itself, is not enough.
So, what was the actual legal basis for demanding this man show his ID?
Because if the answer is literally… “because you’re an immigrant,” that should piss off every American.
You should not have to prove you’re a U.S. citizen before the government decides it has the right to put you in handcuffs.
And this is just another reminder that constitutional rights don’t mean anything if federal agents can violate them, over and over again, with no accountability.
@TheMightyMagnet@EdKrassen Dude, the bugs thing was largely made up by MAGA.
Not that people don't eat bugs, but most Americans don't.
Okay, sure, the occasional spider which walks into our mouths when we're asleep... but that hardly counts!