BREAKING: California gubernatorial candidate Tom Steyer horrifies MAGA world by calling for ICE agents to be treated like "the mob" with prosecutions of foot soldiers and leadership — as well as the total abolishment of the agency.
And it gets so much better...
"The true test of a leader is not who they disparage and attack, but who they defend and uplift. Donald Trump attacks and robs the most vulnerable in our society, while protecting and enriching the most powerful," Steyer wrote in a policy statement on X.
With the withdrawal of Eric Swalwell from the race due to horrifying allegations of sexual misconduct and rape, Steyer has rocketed into the frontrunner position. As a billionaire, Steyer knows that he has to burnish his progressive credentials to appeal to a Democratic Party that is correctly, inherently suspicious of his class. In order to do that, he has come out swinging in incredible fashion.
"I’ve made it clear: ICE must be abolished. ICE is acting like a criminal organization, carrying out indiscriminate racial profiling and using violence, intimidation, terrorism, and the murder of Americans to extend Trump’s rule by fear," Steyer wrote.
This represents an accurate assessment of ICE. It's functioning not as a law enforcement agency, but as a paramilitary force dedicated to carrying out Trump's personal political agenda. These agents are murdering innocent Americans in the streets, sexually abusing migrants, and violating every civil right imaginable. They must be held accountable.
Steyer went on to say that Democrats must have the courage to "go after both their agents on the streets and their leadership within the Department of Homeland Security."
"How do we do this? The same way we took on the mob. Put ICE agents and their leadership in jail for their crimes, because that’s how you take on a violent extremist group and win," he continued.
Steyer laid out his vision in five key points—
"First, I will go after ICE’s modus operandi: using racial discrimination to detain, arrest, attack, and brutalize Americans," he explained. "I will pass aggressive legislation that builds on current California statutes and outlaws any law enforcement agency from profiling anyone based on their race, ethnicity, language, occupation, or location. We are done letting federal badges serve as a shield for abuse in our state."
"Second, I will give the state Attorney General the authority to hold ICE’s leadership accountable for violence. My plan will pursue supervisory liability. This body of law empowers the California justice system to criminally prosecute and imprison not just the ICE agents who are committing these crimes, but the leadership directing them to do so."
"Third, I will appoint and fund a special investigative unit and work with the Attorney General who is specifically tasked with enforcing these California laws, including laws related to the conditions at detention facilities. This investigative unit will collect the evidence the Attorney General can use to prosecute offenders and their leadership."
"Fourth, I will bring those detained and kidnapped by ICE back home by creating a much larger and stronger immigration legal defense infrastructure in our state – funding for more attorneys, investigators, and accredited representatives, as well as legal aid and law school programs—to assist and help those who have been imprisoned without due process.
"And Fifth, I will launch a massive statewide 'Know Your Rights' public education and public awareness campaign. Every Californian, regardless of their immigration status, should know their constitutional and legal rights if you are stopped, detained, or questioned by ICE agents, if you are assembled to protest against ICE, if you are filming ICE agent activities, or if you witness unlawful and illegal actions perpetrated by ICE agents.
This is an absolutely brilliant blueprint and every Democratic governor should adopt a similar approach. It's time to bring the fight to ICE!
"In a functioning democracy, the Attorney General of the United States would prosecute these cases. Under Trump, the United States is not a fully functioning democracy, exercising all the constitutional, legislative, and judicial checks and balances the founding fathers put in place—but California still is and always will be," wrote Steyer.
"Trump has turned ICE into a criminal enterprise, so let’s treat it as such. As governor, I’ll go after ICE the way Eliot Ness and Joe Friday went after the Mob: bring them to justice by using their most basic crimes against them. For the Mob it was racketeering; for ICE it’s racial discrimination."
"On my watch, California will protect the most vulnerable and bring to justice those who break the law and brutalize our neighbors. We’ll let ICE know: in California, you obey our laws and respect our residents, or you go to jail," he concluded.
What do you think? Would you vote for Tom Steyer?
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BREAKING: Trump punishes Pope Leo for criticizing his Iran War by stripping $11 million from Catholic Charities in Florida that was supposed to help shelter and care for children who enter the country alone.
Trump is terrorizing kids in America while killing them overseas...
“The U.S. government has abruptly decided to end more than 60 years of relationship with Catholic Charities in the Archdiocese of Miami,” said Archbishop Thomas Wenski. “The Archdiocese of Miami’s services for unaccompanied minors have been recognized for their excellence and have served as a model for other agencies throughout the country.”
"Our track record in serving this vulnerable population is unmatched. Yet, the Archdiocese of Miami’s Catholic Charities’ services for unaccompanied minors has been stripped of funding and will be forced to shut down within three months," he added.
The Department of Homeland Security, through its Office of Refugee Resettlement, has paid Catholic Charities in Miami for years to help house children who enter the country without accompanying adults. The Miami Herald describes the program as essentially a "federally funded foster care system."
Bishop Wenski said that despite there being a recent decrease in unaccompanied minors “it is baffling that the U.S. government would shut down a program that it would be hard-pressed to replicate at the level of competence."
Robert Latham, associate director of the University of Miami Law School’s Children and Youth Law Clinic, said that the gutting of funding and possible need to move the children elsewhere could inflict serious damage on their developing psyches.
"It’s incredibly psychologically harmful to be moved,” he said. “For little kids, moving repeatedly creates bonding issues and destroys the sense of both self and community. They don’t know who they are and where they will be."
“This should only be done with a lot of emotional support that you normally would find within a family. Unfortunately, that is not there in a group home setting,” Latham added.
Of course, Donald Trump couldn't care less about the suffering of children. This man was friends with Jeffrey Epstein for years and been accused of sexual abuse himself. He started his Iran War by blowing up a school full of little girls and his administration has worked around the clock to strip funding from programs that feed, educate, and house children.
While the administration has not admitted that these funding cuts are payback against Pope Leo, the point A to point B is apparent. Trump is the most vindictive man to ever hold the presidency. He has been relentlessly attacking Leo for criticizing his Iran War. This is him using financial leverage in an effort to beat the Pope into submission. It will not work.
Please ❤️ and share to demand that the funding be doubled when Democrats take back control!
Check out this new 180⁰ camera I installed. This camera can observe from one end our street to the other end basically the entire block
Nothing can go up or down the road without being seen.
It is funny when I talk to my babies outside through the audio/video camera. They can't quite figure out how they can hear my voice and not see me! One jumps at the camera, funny!😂🤣🤣
Lokie is really buzzed. They had to sedate him to change the dressing. They reversed the meds but it still leaves him with a buzz sense he's drug naive. He's in my lap.
This skunk is almost completely white. It's not an albino. Over the years I've observed that the older they get the more white they display. I have two like this.
This skunk is almost completely white. It's not an albino. Over the years I've observed that the older they get the more white they display. I have two like this.
This skunk is almost completely white. It's not an albino. Over the years I've observed that the older they get the more white they display. I have two like this.