Social ICE/deportation protests and riots megathread

[Mr Holmes]

“I just couldn't stay clean,” he admitted. “So finally, when the judge told me, ‘Don't come back into my court with the dirty urine,’ which I knew I would, I got scared and I jumped bail.”

Great example.

 

[DoctorTaco]

You fell for fake news.

I have a difficult time believing the DHS story that it has anything to do with “admitted drug use” based off of a picture of a wooden pipe.

 

[Mr Holmes]

- *He is right. Imputing someone with a crime, its a crime in itself

No he's not. There's a reason why they say "not guilty" instead of "innocent" at the end of a trial. If you commit a crime you're a criminal. End.

 

[cincymma79]

 

[Crazy Source]

Florida plans 'Alligator Alcatraz' migrant detention center​

• Florida begins construction of 'Alligator Alcatraz' detention facility
• Facility to house up to 5,000 migrants, costing $450 million annually
• DHS to use FEMA funds to cover detention center costs

June 24 (Reuters) - Florida began on Tuesday construction of a temporary migrant detention facility dubbed "Alligator Alcatraz" due to its remote location in the Everglades, a vast subtropical wetland teeming with alligators, crocodiles and pythons.

Footage aired by a local NBC affiliate showed the start of construction on the site, which will feature large tents to house migrants and trailers for staff. The facility will have minimal security due to the natural barriers provided by the surrounding inhospitable marshy grasslands, a Florida official said last week.

U.S. President Donald Trump, a Republican, has sought to ramp up the detention and deportation of migrants, saying it was needed after millions crossed the border illegally under Democrat Joe Biden.

The number of people in federal immigration detention has risen sharply from 39,000 when Trump took office to 56,000 as of June 15, according to U.S. government data, and the Trump administration has pushed to find more space.

The Florida facility, estimated to cost $450 million annually, could eventually house up to 5,000 people, according to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.

In a video posted on social media last week, Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier said the site could hold up to an initial 1,000 people in 30-60 days.

ICE on average pays $165 per day for a detention bed, according to agency budget documents. If the Florida facility eventually has capacity for 5,000 people, the cost would be $247 per day.

DHS said it had set aside funding from the Federal Emergency Management Agency's shelter and services program to cover a "large part" of the cost of the detention center.

The shelter funds, normally used in case of major disasters, were used by the Biden administration to reimburse New York City and other cities for housing newly arrived migrants.

https://www.reuters.com/world/us/florida-plans-alligator-alcatraz-migrant-detention-center-2025-06-24/

Florida needs a migrant detention center more than FEMA money, amerite?

 

[cottagecheesefan]

Not sure if it deserve its own thread, but lefty protestors just stormed the capitol building to protest the senate working on the big beautiful bill, which which also help fund deportation. Tho this specific group was about Medicaid cuts

The got in altercations with the cops.

 

[IDGETKTFO]

Not sure if it deserve its own thread, but lefty protestors just stormed the capitol building to protest the senate working on the big beautiful bill, which which also help fund deportation. Tho this specific group was about Medicaid cuts

The got in altercations with the cops.

"We have rights" Yes you do, you have the right to remain silent. Too bad these big mouth liberals don't want to exercise that right.

 

[Kassitus]

Come on, petal. The reason a lot of them are in masks and refusing to show ID is because anyone with a half decent facial recognition can place them as paid Proud Boys/whatever the other dullard mob whose leader shot his own eye out. How do you expect the 3000 a day requirement to deport illegals happens? A recruitment from normal employment?

3000 per day would be about 1M per year, so maybe like 10-20% more than Obama? Doesn't really seem like we need to resort to conspiracy theories to explain that. It wasn't even a big focus of Obama's policies.

 

[Kassitus]

I'm not calling bullshit on you, but I would really like to read the ins and outs of this agreement. On a sidenote, when you use words like "demorats" it really cheapens your argument. An older person (I'm 52 myself, no spring chicken) using those silly insults is kind of cringe. Just use old school curse words.

How did you get into MMA? Or was it a 20 years ago at blockbuster type thing?

 

[Kassitus]

I linked to a Google search of it in my post. It will take some research i had a link to it before but I can't find it right now.

I also think the republicans fucked up when they didn't push it as a a signed part of any bill before anything was signed.

Another factor is that Reagan was never a populist. He is from the generation that had an immense trust in the authority of experts. My grandfather was the same, remembered everything his doctor ever told him.

 

[ImCertainOfCirkunov]

Hmmmm. Something about that guy's pic reminds me of a certain war room poster...

 

[Lycandroid]

Imagine going to dhs and asking them to not let jn people who make fun of you. Insecure hillbilly elegy.

try go into any country on earth making fun of the leadership, probably not going to work out well anywhere.

 

[Flower2dPeople]

try go into any country on earth making fun of the leadership, probably not going to work out well anywhere.

I personally think it's bs. You should meme and travel wherever you want, imo. Imagine wearing this shirt in China as a tourist.

 

[Mr Holmes]

Not sure if it deserve its own thread, but lefty protestors just stormed the capitol building to protest the senate working on the big beautiful bill, which which also help fund deportation. Tho this specific group was about Medicaid cuts

The got in altercations with the cops.

Thats an insurrection.

 

[DoctorTaco]

try go into any country on earth making fun of the leadership, probably not going to work out well anywhere.

Aren’t personal freedoms the thing that is supposed to set us apart from every other country in the world?

Thinking on it, your argument is an awful lot like the excuse kids use when they get in trouble: “but everyone else was doing it!”

For the sake of argument, let’s assume the kid is telling the truth and it was the meme that stopped him. Can you articulate why that is a positive thing?

 

[Osculater]

Florida plans 'Alligator Alcatraz' migrant detention center​

• Florida begins construction of 'Alligator Alcatraz' detention facility
• Facility to house up to 5,000 migrants, costing $450 million annually
• DHS to use FEMA funds to cover detention center costs

June 24 (Reuters) - Florida began on Tuesday construction of a temporary migrant detention facility dubbed "Alligator Alcatraz" due to its remote location in the Everglades, a vast subtropical wetland teeming with alligators, crocodiles and pythons.

Footage aired by a local NBC affiliate showed the start of construction on the site, which will feature large tents to house migrants and trailers for staff. The facility will have minimal security due to the natural barriers provided by the surrounding inhospitable marshy grasslands, a Florida official said last week.

U.S. President Donald Trump, a Republican, has sought to ramp up the detention and deportation of migrants, saying it was needed after millions crossed the border illegally under Democrat Joe Biden.

The number of people in federal immigration detention has risen sharply from 39,000 when Trump took office to 56,000 as of June 15, according to U.S. government data, and the Trump administration has pushed to find more space.

The Florida facility, estimated to cost $450 million annually, could eventually house up to 5,000 people, according to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.

In a video posted on social media last week, Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier said the site could hold up to an initial 1,000 people in 30-60 days.

ICE on average pays $165 per day for a detention bed, according to agency budget documents. If the Florida facility eventually has capacity for 5,000 people, the cost would be $247 per day.

DHS said it had set aside funding from the Federal Emergency Management Agency's shelter and services program to cover a "large part" of the cost of the detention center.

The shelter funds, normally used in case of major disasters, were used by the Biden administration to reimburse New York City and other cities for housing newly arrived migrants.

https://www.reuters.com/world/us/florida-plans-alligator-alcatraz-migrant-detention-center-2025-06-24/

Private prisons, baby $$$$$$$$$ cha-ching!!!!!

 

[Kassitus]

“Our great Farmers and people in the Hotel and Leisure business have been stating that our very aggressive policy on immigration is taking very good, long time workers away from them, with those jobs being almost impossible to replace,” the president wrote Thursday.

“This is not good. We must protect our Farmers, but get the CRIMINALS OUT OF THE USA. Changes are coming!” he added.

But Trump shifted his tune Tuesday morning, again blaming his predecessor while saying he planned to continue operations in large, often Democratic-led cities."

US reverses guidance pausing ICE raids on farms, hotels and restaurants, WaPo reports​

https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us...s-hotels-restaurants-wapo-reports-2025-06-17/

ICE officials told to resume raids on hotels, restaurants, and farms​

https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5354601-ice-raids-hotels-restaurants-farms/

"Okay everybody back to work!"
"Nevermind! We're raiding again."

I wish, but it looks like a smokescreen tactic by Trump to distract his supports from the fact that he isn't going after farms and hotels anymore.

 

[Aurelian]

I have a difficult time believing the DHS story that it has anything to do with “admitted drug use” based off of a picture of a wooden pipe.

He made this statement.


"They asked questions about drug trafficking, terrorist plots and right-wing extremism totally without reason" he told the outlet.

Now, this doesn't seem normal protocol and I feel like he's conveniently leaving out some important information. What in the fuck suspicious shit was he doing to start getting interrogated like this?

 

[DoctorTaco]

He made this statement.


"They asked questions about drug trafficking, terrorist plots and right-wing extremism totally without reason" he told the outlet.

Now, this doesn't seem normal protocol and I feel like he's conveniently leaving out some important information. What in the fuck suspicious shit was he doing to start getting interrogated like this?

If there was evidence of suspicion of any of these activities why wouldn’t the government say so in their statement about what happened?

It’s easy to imagine ice agents being pricks and asking these question apropos of nothing. It’s hard to imagine the state department getting shit for refusing a kid entry and them not explaining their concerns or evidence of him being a drug smuggler, terrorist, or right wing extremist.

 

[Aurelian]

If there was evidence of suspicion of any of these activities why wouldn’t the government say so in their statement about what happened?

It’s easy to imagine ice agents being pricks and asking these question apropos of nothing. It’s hard to imagine the state department getting shit for refusing a kid entry and them not explaining their concerns or evidence of him being a drug smuggler, terrorist, or right wing extremist.

In that case, the only thing that can make sense is him or a group he's affiliated with is under some sort of active investigation or some sort of watch list and they didn't want to inform the group they are being monitored.