There is a lot of room between unfettered immigration and having a roving band of apparently unaccountable agents violating 1st, 4th, and 6th amendment rights while also gunning down unarmed citizens in the streets.
We could try mandating e-verify with increasing penalties before we start asking people for papers and kicking down doors.
This feels like an argument that the feds have no choice but to trample on our rights because we’re not agreeing to it up front.
There was a memo that they didn’t need a warrant to enter peoples houses. That is morally wrong and also a recipe for violence.
Why should local leaders trust the feds at all when they claim that Alex Pretti was an “assassin” and “domestic terrorist”?
There is a reason ICE wasn't shooting unarmed civilians prior to operation metro surge, which only started in December, 2025. Standard ICE operations are targeted and generally quite. Operation Metro Storm is neither.
These are intentionally provocative and involve agents performing traffic stops and harassing people on the street for no other reason than (it increasingly appears) the color of their skin.
Lets see them deploy 3000 agents to West Texas or Hialeah for a few weeks. I am guessing those local populations might have a few problems with it as well.
> discouraging local law enforcement support of federal law enforcement.
Strawman. You can't blame ICE's failure to sustain due process on local law enforcement, even if you think they're against you. Their hands are clean because they avoided cooperating with ICE.
I have never had to even think about the steps a firm with massive utility requirements would need to take to secure supply. So assuming you could wave a magic wand and instantly build out a datacenter in northern Virginia right now, the local power utility (Dominion Energy in this case) would not be able to provide power?
It isn't like you can snap your fingers and magically transport 10MW+ of power to your doorstep. Plus, as I said in other threads, it isn't just power... it is everything around supporting that power. Try ordering a transformer. Or getting EPA approval to install backup generators.
I recently called my senators and congressman about this issue. None of the staffers were able to provide me with their public opinions on the project. Two mentioned that they haven't received any calls on the matter. If you care about this issue, and are a US citizen, call (http://www.contactingthecongress.org/) your elected officials.
This is by design. Lockheed first learned how to game congress with the B1B (another useless plane).
Here's the recipe:
Talk to the military, see what's giving them a hard-on these days. Get them to start coming up with a project to put on contract.
Military issues Request for Information/Request for Proposal based on requirements you told them to use
Contact any and all congressman. Let them know that you intend to make widget X for Aircraft Z in their respective District. Ensure that virtually every congressional district in the country contains a business that is making at least one or two parts for the aircraft.
A new general comes in who is honest, realizes the weapons system is useless, wants to can it. Congress says no, we need it. Who wants to be the guy who threw away jobs in his district?
Critical general leaves, is replaced by politically minded General who wants to be in charge of a "successful" program, drinks the kook-aid and pretends its not a giant boondoggle.
We could try mandating e-verify with increasing penalties before we start asking people for papers and kicking down doors.
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