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ICE urged to explain memo about collecting info on protesters

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by keernan

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A retired US citizen emailed a DHS attorney urging mercy for an asylum seeker he had read about. Five hours later he received an email from Google advising him the federal government had served Google with a subpoena demanding information about him. Then they followed up by knocking on his door.
The federal government's concerted effort to intimidate citizens should concern every American.
https://archive.ph/b9ON8

by bediger4000

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"Urged" means ICE is already beyond accountability to anyone other than Trump, they're secret police. Trouble ahead!

by lawn

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by decremental

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by dpoloncsak

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With all due respect, if these protests are not being done with the coordination of local municipalities, then it is just illegally interfering with an ongoing police investigation, right? With how quickly and unorganized these pop-up I can't believe they're all government-sanctioned. If it blocks traffic, legally it needs a permit. (Or is this just some/my municipality?)
We're all well aware a database of domestic terrorists exist, right? Didn't anyone caught keying a Tesla get added just a few months ago? We all expect people purposely interfering with DHS to exist on that list...what's the shock here?
This isnt even in support of ICE. I just understand how the right to protest works....