With majorities in both chambers starting in January, lawmakers are pushing a pathway to citizenship for millions of undocumented people but are split between reforming or abolishing ICE

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[–] 6 points 1 day ago (1 child)

Fucking arrest them when they fuck around in your state....

We literally fought a civil war over federal agents raiding states with laws they don't agree with.

People simplify it as "slavery", but it's worse. The Southern States wanted federal agents to literally do slave raids in Northern states, calling every Black American in free states stolen property to be auctioned off in the South.

Lincoln was explicitly fine with Southern slavery, just read his inauguration speech, it's 99% about how he's cool with slave states...

The line was he wouldn't enslave everyone in the North against the wishes and laws of that state. That was why the South started a civil war, the fact that they couldn't force states to do what they wanted.

Eventually outlawing slavery federally, was an economic sanction more than anything else. Back to Lincoln's inaugural speech, when he was elected he didn't even think the Fed should be strong enough to do that even if it wanted.

Shits always more complicated than what we learned in 6th grade history class.

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    [–] 4 points 1 day ago

    Terminate all ice staff.

    That'll take care of that, and the Gravy Meal Six cosplaying Wanna-be's can go back to a-shootin' and a-buggerin' theyselves.

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