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U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Hotline Trolled With Extraterrestrial and Muggle Sightings

posted by on Saturday April 29 2017, @03:26PM   Printer-friendly
from the trolling-is-illegal-now dept.

takyon writes:

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.

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday April 29 2017, @08:31PM (1 child)

    by Anonymous Coward on Saturday April 29 2017, @08:31PM (#501656)

    Well, we are long ways away from a welfare state.

    "Free" stuff:

    Government schools, military, police, firefighters, roads, SNAP/food stamps/WIC, federal disability payments, cash payments via EITCs, subsidized living expenses ala Section 8, Robamacare [politico.com], various and sundry handout programs ala Obamaphones, weather reports, prisons, and more I'm overlooking.

    In 2015, the US federal budget was 3.8 trillion dollars [nationalpriorities.org]. One way or the other, those funds are spent on welfare, with ~2.45 trillion mainly benefitting "poor" people.

    The USA is absolutely a welfare state, a fatal flaw all on its own. Continuing the practice of open borders for a gravely-injured welfare nation will be fatal.

  • (Score: 1, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday April 30 2017, @01:02AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Sunday April 30 2017, @01:02AM (#501742)

    So you made a list of things that we dribble out to as few people as possible for as short a period of time as possible.
    The existence of some welfare does not make the USA a welfare state.