An ICE hotline set up to allow reports of crimes committed by "criminal aliens" has had a close encounter with trolls:
The administration set up the Victims of Immigration Crime Engagement (VOICE) Office on Wednesday, in accordance with President Trump's executive order in January. The office, folded within the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agency, aims to "assist victims of crimes committed by criminal aliens," according to the Department of Homeland Security.
"Alien" is a term used by the federal government to describe individuals who are not American citizens but who reside on U.S. soil. [...] Despite the line's intended purpose, callers have been reporting a range of abnormal activity.
1-855-48-VOICE to report all your encounters w/ illegal martians, rude Sasquatch, unleashed Texas Blue Hounds, Springheel Jack. Goblin army.
— Kathleen Dennis (@chelseabmw) April 27, 2017
ICE denounced the calls, saying such actions hurt victims of real crimes. Callers have even mentioned spotting "muggle-borns," a term from the "Harry Potter" book series referring to magical characters with non-magical parents.
Also at The Atlantic and CNN. Victims of Immigration Crime Engagement (VOICE) Office.
(Score: -1, Flamebait) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday April 29 2017, @05:36PM (5 children)
I have zero tolerance for government resources being wasted by immature idiots. Why ?
Because the law on illegal aliens is clear and because ultimately the resources being wasted cost every taxpayer money.
You fuckwits think you can cherry-pick which laws you obey ? You're idiots.
(Score: 5, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday April 29 2017, @06:17PM
I have zero tolerance for government resources being wasted by immature idiots.
And yet you elected an immature idiot for president.
Because the law on illegal aliens is clear and because ultimately the resources being wasted cost every taxpayer money.
Which law, exactly, required the creation of this hotline?
How, exactly, does this hotline serve the "clear" law on illegal aliens?
The waste here was the creation of an entire office of the government in the service of propaganda.
Why aren't you calling for the people responsible for that waste to be "punished severely?"
It really isn't about "the law" for you, is it? Its about the xenophobic bigotry that this boondoogle was created to promote.
Ironically, that's exactly what it is about for the pranksters too. They just happen to be protesting the bigotry that you want promoted.
(Score: 1, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday April 29 2017, @06:34PM
You fuckwits think you can cherry-pick which laws you obey ?
Well, we 'cherry-pick' who has to obey them (usually based on phenotype, fame, or funding, or lack thereof)... I mean, fair's fair, right?
And if you want to get into the absurd, look what we picked for president and congress. The damn law hardly matters anymore. So save the drama, please.
(Score: 0, Flamebait) by Lagg on Saturday April 29 2017, @11:39PM (1 child)
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(Score: -1, Offtopic) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday April 30 2017, @05:48AM
AZ propoer or Nagorno-Karabakh?
(Score: 2) by urza9814 on Tuesday May 02 2017, @12:06AM
Hotlines are not laws. Hotlines are a way the government can attempt to BYPASS laws by having non-government "volunteers" do their dirty work for them.
Your Constitutional Rights protect you from the government. They do not protect you from your neighbors. If the US government is trying to get your neighbors to do police work, consider why they wouldn't just have the police do their damn job instead.